Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 247-252Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-021-10004-2
Keywords
Risk perception; Self-efficacy; Lay theories of health; Health-protective behaviors; COVID-19
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- Hundred Talents Program Research Initiation Fund from Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University special scientific research fund for COVID-19 prevention and control [2020XGZX046]
- Zhejiang University Educational Foundation [419000-11143/017]
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The study found that risk perception, self-efficacy, and lay theories of health are significant predictors of hospital pharmacists' engagement in health-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Lay theories of health and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between risk perception and engagement in health-protective behaviors among pharmacists.
Background Risk perception is an important predictor of health-protective behaviors during pandemics. However, the underlying mechanism connecting risk perception and health-protective behaviors is not well understood. The current study investigates how risk perception predicts hospital pharmacists' engagement in health-protective behaviors during the peak period of COVID-19 pandemic in China and the mediating effects of lay theories of health and self-efficacy. Method A cross-sectional study on risk perception and engagement in health-protective behaviors was conducted among hospital pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. A total of 4121 hospital pharmacists completed the study. Results Risk perception, self-efficacy, and lay theories of health were significant predictors of health-protective behaviors among pharmacists. Lay (entity) theories of health and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between risk perception and engagement in health-protective behaviors among hospital pharmacists. Conclusion Risk perception, self-efficacy, and lay theories (entity versus incremental) of health significantly predicted hospital pharmacists' engagement in health-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
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