"不要摸脸"--健康传播干预对减少摸脸行为的效果。

IF 3.8 3区医学 Q2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2024.08.021

Weijia Shi PhD , Michael Mackert PhD , Deena Kemp PhD , Andy J. King PhD , Yan Liu PhD , Mike Henson-García MPH , Jiahua Yang PhD , Lindsay M. Bouchacourt PhD , Alison G. Cahill MD, MSCI

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摘要

背景：鉴于面部接触行为存在感染风险，调查人员呼吁开展更多研究，以制定减少面部接触频率的干预措施。本研究旨在测试信息对减少摸脸行为的有效性：方法：研究人员编写了九条不同的信息，强调了 "摸脸 "的风险。研究 1 是一项在线调查实验，以美国成年人（998 人）为全国样本，考察了信息认知、风险认知以及与 "摸脸 "相关的行为意向。在研究 1 中确定的最有前景的信息随后在研究 2 中进行了测试，研究 2 是对一个本科生班级进行的后续行为观察研究。在为期四周的时间里，在教室里展示干预信息和对照信息时，对学生的面部接触行为进行了观察：结果：有四条信息在研究 1 中表现较好，其中两条被选中用于测试研究 2 中信息的实际效果。研究 2 的结果显示，当出现 "请勿触摸你的脸 "的信息时，学生触摸脸部的频率平均降低了，尽管这种降低在统计学上并不显著：结论：在公共场所发布 "请勿摸脸 "的提示信息有可能成为一种低成本、有效的减少摸脸行为的策略。

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“Don’t touch your face”---Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on reducing face-touching behaviors

Background

Given the risk of infection through face-touching behaviors, investigators have called for more research into the development of interventions to reduce the frequency of face-touching. The current study aims to test the effectiveness of messages on reducing face-touching behaviors.

Methods

Nine different messages that highlighted the risk of face-touching were developed. Study 1, an online survey-experiment with a national sample of US adults (N = 998), examined message-, risk perceptions, and face-touching-related behavioral intentions. The most promising messages identified in study 1 were then tested in study 2, a follow-up behavioral observation study with a class of undergraduate students. Students’ face-touching behaviors were observed during a 4-week period when intervention versus control messages were displayed in the classroom.

Results

Four messages performed better in study 1, 2 of which were selected to test the actual message effectiveness in study 2. Study 2 results showed that on average, students touched their faces less frequently when a “Don’t touch your face” message was present, although such decrease was not statistically significant.

Conclusions

Having reminder messages of “Don’t touch your face” in public spaces hold the potential to be a low-cost, effective strategy to reduce face-touching behaviors.

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American journal of infection control 医学-传染病学

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

4.10%

发文量

479

审稿时长

24 days

期刊介绍： AJIC covers key topics and issues in infection control and epidemiology. Infection control professionals, including physicians, nurses, and epidemiologists, rely on AJIC for peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics as well as original research. As the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)