Wong, Li Ping and Chiu, Ching-Ju and Alias, Haridah and Lee, Tony Szu-Hsien and Hu, Zhijian and Lin, Yulan (2021) Preventing re-emergence of COVID-19: A national survey of public risk perceptions and behavioural intentions concerning travel plan among Taiwanese. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. ISSN 2296-2565, DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.710508.
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Background: The objectives of this study were to investigate risk perceptions and travel intention among the general public in Taiwan during the COVID-19 outbreak.Methods: This study used a cross-sectional online survey to collect data. The questionnaire was disseminated via the social media platform (LINE and Facebook) to the general public.Results: A total of 3,237 complete responses were received, of whom 5.8% (95% CI 5.1-6.7) of the participants reported intent to travel to overseas countries with an apparent community spread and 5.5% (95% CI 4.7-6.3) reported intent to travel to other overseas countries in the next 1 month. A relatively higher proportion (46.5%; 95% CI 44.7-48.2) reported intention for domestic travelling. Participants who viewed travelling to only be risky for older adults or those with medical conditions (OR = 2.19; 95% CI 1.38-3.47) and who perceived that one will not get infected if one takes recommended precautionary measures (OR = 3.12; 95% CI 1.85-5.27) reported higher travelling intention to overseas countries with an apparent community spread.Conclusions: Overall, the findings suggest that risk perceptions were depicted as a strong influence of travel intentions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | public health; COVID-19; Travel plans; Public perception; Risk perception |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2022 04:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/28385 |
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