Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia

Ilona Gehtmane-Hofmane; Madara Teraudkalna; Olga Rajevska; Ilze Koroleva; Ieva Reine

Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia

Ilona Gehtmane-Hofmane, Madara Teraudkalna, Olga Rajevska, Ilze Koroleva, Ieva Reine

Rīga Stradiņš University

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March11,2020,due to its high infection rate,which caused thousands of deaths worldwide and expanding.The evolving outbreak of COVID-19 requireshealth-protective behavior that can alleviate the severity of an epidemic. Therefore, recognizing the underlying drivers of health-protective behavior against COVID-19 is urgently needed to form policy responses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual-level underlying drivers affecting the formation of knowledge, attitudes, and COVID-19-related health-protective behavior among individuals aged 50 and older who are more vulnerable to complications of infection because of their age.The factors making individuals more vulnerable are also associated with the ability to access and understand information, make well-informed decisions, and take health-protective and promoting actions,especially when information itself is not timely, trusted, consistent, or actionable. The researchers used data from a representative population sample consisting of 50-80-year-old individuals, obtained from in-depth, semi-structuredtelephone interviews during July –August2020,between the first and second waves of COVID-19. For conducting qualitative data analyses, the Grounded Theory (GT) approach for developing code structure was used.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education
Subtitle of host publication	starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference
Editors	Velta Lubkina, Karīna Laganovska, Aivars Kaupužs
Place of Publication	Rēzekne
Pages	102-112
Volume	4. Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021 - RTA , Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 28 May 2021 → 29 May 2021

Publication series

Name	Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība
ISSN (Print)	1691-5887
ISSN (Electronic)	2256-0629

Conference

Conference	International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021
Country/Territory	Latvia
City	Rēzekne
Period	28/05/21 → 29/05/21

Keywords*

attitudes
COVID-19
Grounded Theory Approach,
health literacy
health-protective behavior,
knowledge

Field of Science*

3.3 Health sciences

Publication Type*

3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Gehtmane-Hofmane, I., Teraudkalna, M., Rajevska, O., Koroleva, I., & Reine, I. (2021). Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia. In V. Lubkina, K. Laganovska, & A. Kaupužs (Eds.), Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education: starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference (Vol. 4. Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains, pp. 102-112). (Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība).. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol4.6462

Gehtmane-Hofmane, Ilona ; Teraudkalna, Madara ; Rajevska, Olga et al. / Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia. Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education: starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference. editor / Velta Lubkina ; Karīna Laganovska ; Aivars Kaupužs. Vol. 4. Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains Rēzekne, 2021. pp. 102-112 (Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība).

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Gehtmane-Hofmane, I, Teraudkalna, M, Rajevska, O , Koroleva, I & Reine, I 2021, Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia. in V Lubkina, K Laganovska & A Kaupužs (eds), Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education: starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference. vol. 4. Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains, Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība, Rēzekne, pp. 102-112, International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021, Rēzekne, Latvia, 28/05/21. <https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol4.6462>

Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia. / Gehtmane-Hofmane, Ilona; Teraudkalna, Madara; Rajevska, Olga et al.
Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education: starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference. ed. / Velta Lubkina; Karīna Laganovska; Aivars Kaupužs. Vol. 4. Mūžizglītība. Sabiedrības veselība un sports. Māksla un dizains Rēzekne, 2021. p. 102-112 (Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība).

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Knowledge, Attitudes and COVID-19-related Behavior among Individuals Aged 50 and Older in Latvia

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Impact of COVID-19 on health care system and public health in Latvia; ways in preparing health sector for future epidemics

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