Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...
Um cenário amplamente discutido face à atual pandemia, prevê a criação de vacinas para a COVID-19. Mas como responderão os cidadãos noutros cenários, e.g. se não existir vacina? Ou se não existir terapêutica adequada ou imunidade de grupo? Sendo o comportamento humano o mais eficaz mecanismo de controlo social da pandemia na ausência de vacina ou outras medidas de controlo, conseguir prevê-lo permitirá intervir...
Objetivo: Analisar como diferentes pessoas, em diferentes momentos, avaliam e respondem de às exigências colocadas pela pandemia. Esta análise permite compreender oscilações na adesão a recomendações de comportamentos de prevenção de contágio por SARS-CoV-2 durante a pandemia por COVID-19. A partir disto, estratégias, ações e materiais de comunicação de crise e risco, podem ser customizadas às perceções sociais...
Introduction: the 20th century is characterized for its considerable developments in the public health sector. Notwithstanding those important accomplishments, this review aims to depict the unsuccessful endeavours of that period. Materials and method: a narrative review of the literature was carried, organised by topics and by the consultation of informative sources provided by experts in public health. ...