The Relationship between COVID-19 Protection Behaviors and Pandemic-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, Worry Content, and Public Trust in a Turkish Sample.

Melike Kucukkarapinar Filiz Karadag Işil İrem BudakoğluSelcuk AslanOnder UcarAysegul Yay PenceUtku TimurcinSelim TumkayaCicek HocaogluIlknur Kiraz

Published in: Vaccines (2022)

Perceived stress, altruistic worries, and public trust seem to shape protection behaviors in addition to individuals' knowledge and cognitive risk perception in respondents. Males and young people may have a greater risk for nonadherence. Reliable, transparent, and culture-specific health communication that considers these issues is required.

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