Early perceptions and behavioural responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey of UK adults.

Christina J Atchison Leigh Robert BowmanCharlotte VrintenRozlyn ReddPhilippa PristeràJeffrey EatonHelen Ward

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Ability to adopt and comply with certain non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) is lower in the most economically disadvantaged in society. Governments must implement appropriate social and economic policies to mitigate this. By incorporating these differences in NPIs among socioeconomic subpopulations into mathematical models of COVID-19 transmission dynamics, our modelling of epidemic outcomes and response to COVID-19 can be improved.

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