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What policies are there and what policies are missing? A Photovoice study of ad...
Banik, Anna; Knai, Cecile; Klepp, Knut‐Inge; Rutter, Harry; Rito, Ana; Lien, Nanna; Baillergeau, Evelyne; Szczuka, Zofia; Boberska, Monika; Kulis, EwaThe aim of this study was to investigate adolescents' critical awareness of whether obesity prevention policies targeting physical activity (PA) and nutrition were operating in their local community. Participants were 41 adolescents (aged 16–18, 90%women) recruited from three communities in Poland. Prior to this study, they were involved in obesity-prevention participatory initiatives (conducted within the CO-C...
Handwashing adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study based ...
Szczuka, Zofia; Siwa, Maria; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.; Gan, YiqunRationale: The associations between the number of COVID-19 cases/deaths and subsequent uptake of protective behaviors may reflect cognitive and behavioral responses to threat-relevant information. Objective: Applying protection motivation theory (PMT), this study explored whether the number of total COVID-19 cases/deaths and general anxiety were associated with cross-situational handwashing adherence and whethe...
The interplay between strictness of policies and individuals’ self-regulatory e...
Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Szczuka, Zofia; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.Background: Patterns of protective health behaviors, such as handwashing and sanitizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, may be predicted by macro-level variables, such as regulations specified by public health policies. Health behavior patterns may also be predicted by micro-level variables, such as self-regulatory cognitions specified by health behavior models, including the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)...
The trajectory of COVID-19 pandemic and handwashing adherence: findings from 14...
Szczuka, Zofia; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.; Gan, Yiqun; Gaspar, TaniaBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people's engagement in health behaviors, especially those that protect individuals from SARS-CoV-2 transmission, such as handwashing/sanitizing. This study investigated whether adherence to the World Health Organization's (WHO) handwashing guidelines (the outcome variable) was associated with the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, as measured by the following 6 i...