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Associations of COVID-19 Knowledge and Risk Perception with the Full Adoption of Preventive Behaviors in Seoul

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  • Jina Choo

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
    Transdisciplinary Major in Learning Health Systems, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
    Expert Group on Health Promotion for the Seoul Metropolitan City, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Sooyeon Park

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
    Expert Group on Health Promotion for the Seoul Metropolitan City, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Songwhi Noh

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
    Expert Group on Health Promotion for the Seoul Metropolitan City, Seoul 02841, Korea)

Abstract

This study explores the levels of COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and preventive behavior practice in Seoul, to determine whether knowledge and risk perception are significantly associated with the full adoption of preventive behaviors, for the delivery of a customized public campaign to Seoul’s citizens. A total of 3000 Seoul residents participated in this study through an online questionnaire survey. They had a mean score of 84.6 for COVID-19 knowledge (range: 0–100 points) and 4.2 (range: 1–7 points) for risk perception. Of the participants, 33.4% practiced full adoption of all three preventive behaviors: hand hygiene, wearing a face mask, and social distancing; wearing a face mask was practiced the most (81.0%). Women significantly adopted these three preventive behaviors more often compared with men. Both COVID-19 knowledge and risk perception were found to be significantly associated with the full adoption of preventive behaviors; however, this association differed by the type of preventive behavior. This indicates that city-level information on the levels of COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and preventive behaviors should be clearly and periodically communicated among public officers and healthcare professionals to continually raise the public’s awareness of the full adoption of non-pharmaceutical preventive behaviors.

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  • Jina Choo & Sooyeon Park & Songwhi Noh, 2021. "Associations of COVID-19 Knowledge and Risk Perception with the Full Adoption of Preventive Behaviors in Seoul," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-14, November.
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