Measuring the missing: Knowledge, risk perceptions and self-protection practices of COVID-19 among the Asian population in New Zealand: An online survey.

Autor: Liu LS; School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand., Jia X; Institute of Governance & School of Politics and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, China., Zhu A; Trace Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand., Ran GJ; School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK., Johnston D; Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand., Siegert R; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand., Gong Y; School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand., French N; Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand., Lu J; Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health [Z Gesundh Wiss] 2023 May 18, pp. 1-18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 18.
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-023-01926-0
Abstrakt: Aim: Asians are the second largest and fastest growing non-European population in New Zealand but are under-researched in terms of their COVID-19 pandemic response. The paper aims to illustrates Asians' risk perceptions and knowledge of COVID-19, and self-protection practices to avoid infection and prevent community transmission.
Subject and Methods: An online survey was used to collect data and received 402 valid responses. Data analyses included: 1) a descriptive analysis by using Chi -square tests and a Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests to explore associations between responses and the four demographic variables (i.e. age, gender, country of origin/ethnicity, and region); and 2) a correlation analysis between different survey objectives.
Results: The descriptive analysis of the survey found that while ethnicity (within the Asian category) was the most influential variable that resulted in varying responses to many questions, gender and age were other two important variables in influencing the answering patterns. The correlation analysis found a positive correlation between the perceived 'dangerousness' of COVID-19 and respondents' overall compliance behaviour to New Zealand authorities' recommendations to prevent spread of COVID-19.
Conclusion: The majority of the respondents provided correct answers to the questions about the vulnerable populations, symptoms, asymptomatic transmission and potential sequelae of COVID-19; however, their understanding of the availability of a cure for, and the incubation period of COVID-19 was not consistent with the official information. The research also found that the higher perceived dangerousness of COVID-19, the better compliance to self-protection practices among the surveyed population.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial conflict of interests to disclose. Submission declaration and verification: The work has not published previously and submitted to any other journal.
(© The Author(s) 2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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