Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies: implications for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond - World
Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies: implications for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Format Summary box The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an unparalleled global discourse around the adoption of protective behaviours and other public health and social measures to slow the person-to-person spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, this is not the first or the last time that human behaviour will play an important role during a public health emergency. The effectiveness of implementing critical response strategies, such as contact tracing, diminishes when there is widespread com...