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Journal Article
Handwashing and disinfection precautions taken by U.S. adults to prevent coronavirus disease 2019, Spring 2020
2020
Overview
Objectives
The objectives of this study were to assess self-reported hygiene precautions taken by U.S. adults during spring 2020 to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to identify demographic characteristics associated with these hygiene precautions.
Results
We obtained data from Porter Novelli Public Services’s national survey,
Spring ConsumerStyles
, conducted March 19–April 9, 2020 among a nationally representative random sample of 6463 U.S. adults aged 18 years or older. We present data from the survey question: “What, if any, precautions are you taking to prevent coronavirus?”. Respondents replied yes or no to the following precautions: washing hands often with soap and water and disinfecting surfaces at home and work often. Most respondents reported taking hygiene-related precautions to prevent COVID-19; more respondents reported handwashing (93%) than disinfecting surfaces (74%). Men, younger respondents, those with lower income and education levels, and respondents in self-rated poor health had lower reported rates of both handwashing and disinfecting surfaces. Communications about hygiene precautions for COVID-19 prevention may need to target sub-populations with the greatest gaps in hygiene-related practices. Research identifying barriers to these practices and developing effective messaging could inform and improve these communications.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
Subject
/ Adult
/ Age
/ Aged
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Censuses
/ COVID-19
/ COVID-19 - prevention & control
/ Disinfection & disinfectants
/ Disinfection - statistics & numerical data
/ Disinfection and disinfectants
/ Female
/ Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
/ Humans
/ Hygiene
/ Male
/ Methods
/ Pandemics - prevention & control
/ Poverty
/ Race
/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
