The impact of community housing characteristics and epidemic prevention measures on residents’ perception of epidemic prevention
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
14
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Abstract
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many parts of the world have fallen into deep recession. Governments in every country have adopted various measures to restrict social gatherings due to the need to control the pandemic. This includes restrictions on activities in homes and communities. Fundamentally, epidemic prevention relies on the measures individuals take. A community’s epidemic prevention measures become more critical as activities are held in houses or communities once again. From the perspective of the theory of planned behavior, this study investigates whether the various epidemic prevention measures and characteristics of a community affect residents’ perception of epidemic prevention. We use the truncated regression model as the primary research method. The empirical results show that the community’s epidemic prevention measures can change residents’ awareness of the importance of epidemic prevention. Moreover, the scale of the community and management committee are also found to have a partial impact. ? 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Subjects
Community
Community infection prevention
Congregate housing
COVID-19
Infection prevention awareness
disease control
epidemic
governance approach
health geography
housing conditions
pandemic
perception
regression analysis
Article
attitude to health
attitude to illness
awareness
community
community assessment
community program
coronavirus disease 2019
environmental factor
environmental impact
housing
human
infection prevention
medical research
public health problem
questionnaire
residential area
Taiwan
Theory of Planned Behavior
Housing
Humans
Pandemics
Perception
SARS-CoV-2
Type
journal article