Elissa M Barr, Michele J Moore, Tammie Johnson, Jamie Forrest, Melissa Jordan
New evidence: data documenting parental support for earlier sexuality education
The Journal of school health
covid19 pandemic created devastating health social economic political effects longlasting impacts public health efforts reduce spread covid19 priority national policies responding pandemic globally public health social measures phsms shown effective used alone combination measures reducing risk spreading covid19 however insufficient evidence status compliance phsms general population prevention covid19 public areas including korea aim study assess levels compliance recommended phsms sarscov2 infection predictors among general population using national data study secondary data analysis national survey infectious disease preventive behaviors community conducted korea centers disease control prevention agency kdca october 12 october 30 2020 primary study crosssectional using stratified sampling via adjusted proportional allocation method select representative samples ensure stability samples data collected phone interviews conducted trained enumerators using structured questionnaire phsm adherence measured using 10item comprehensive infectious disease prevention behavior cidpb scale sociocognitive factor including perceived susceptibility sarscov2 infection perceived severity sarscov2 infection perceived confidence performing preventive behaviors related covid19 information comprehension ability trust information kdca measured total 4003 participants included final analysis tobit regression decision tree analysis performed identify predictors preventive measures target groups intervention discovered women scored 134 points higher cidpb scale men p001 compared group aged 19 29 years aged 50 59 years older 60 years scored 189 248 points higher cidpb scale p001 respectively perceived severity infection confidence preventive behaviors information comprehension ability trust information kdca significant positive determinants cidpbs p001 perceived susceptibility infection showed significant negative relationship cidpbs p001 female sex older age lower income sociocognitive factors found significant determinants adhering phsms findings suggest need tailored interventions target groups specifically age group active work indicated highest potential spread infection adequate public health education health communication promoting adherence phsms emphasized behavior change strategies low perceived confidence performing phsms prioritized