Armitage, CJ, Keyworth, C orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-6174, Gartland, N et al. (4 more authors) (2023) Identifying Targets For Interventions To Support Public Use Of Face Coverings. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28 (1). pp. 208-220. ISSN 1359-107X
Abstract
Objectives
Interventions to promote the wearing of face coverings if required in the future can only be developed if we know why people do or do not wear them. Study aims were, therefore, to assess public adherence to wearing face coverings to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and to gauge why people were or were not wearing face coverings in work, public transport, and indoor leisure settings.
Design
Cross-sectional survey.
Methods
10,622 adults (25 January–6 February 2022) who were representative of the UK population were asked about their (a) wearing of face coverings in work, public transport, and leisure settings; (b) sociodemographic characteristics; and (c) perceptions of capabilities, opportunities, and motivations (“COM-B"). Data were analysed descriptively, using within-participants ANOVA and multiple linear regression.
Results
Participants reported mostly wearing face coverings in public transport settings (>80%), but substantially less in work (<50%) and leisure (<30%) contexts. Perceptions of capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to wear face coverings were consistently associated with the actual wearing of face coverings across the three settings, but there were marked deficits in automatic motivation and social opportunity. People living in England, describing themselves as White, and men were least likely to wear face coverings.
Conclusions
Interventions targeted at men, people living in England, and those describing themselves as White that focus on increasing capabilities, providing greater opportunities and boosting motivations are suggested to promote the wearing of face coverings, with particular focus on addressing automatic motivation and social opportunity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
Keywords: | adherence, COVID-19, face covering, face mask, intervention, SARS-CoV-2 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2022 09:34 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjhp.12620 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189581 |