Authors
Daniela Ghio, Sadie Lawes-Wickwar, Mei Yee Tang, Tracy Epton, Neil Howlett, Elizabeth Jenkinson, Sabina Stanescu, Juliette Westbrook, Angelos P Kassianos, Daniella Watson, Lisa Sutherland, Natalia Stanulewicz, Ella Guest, Daniel Scanlan, Natalie Carr, Angel Chater, Sarah Hotham, Rachael Thorneloe, Christopher J Armitage, Madelynne Arden, Jo Hart, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Christopher Keyworth
Publication date
2021/11/1
Source
BMJ open
Volume
11
Issue
11
Pages
e048750
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Background
Individual behaviour changes, such as hand hygiene and physical distancing, are required on a population scale to reduce transmission of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. However, little is known about effective methods of communicating risk reducing information, and how populations might respond.
Objective
To synthesise evidence relating to what (1) characterises effective public health messages for managing risk and preventing infectious disease and (2) influences people’s responses to messages.
Design
A rapid systematic review was conducted. Protocol is published on Prospero CRD42020188704.
Data sources
Electronic databases were searched: Ovid Medline, Ovid PsycINFO and Healthevidence.org, and grey literature (PsyarXiv, OSF Preprints) up to May 2020.
Study selection
All study designs that (1) evaluated public health messaging interventions targeted at adults and (2 …
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