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. 2022 Apr 22;19(9):5087.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095087.

An Investigation on Chinese Public Acceptance of COVID-19 Prevention Measures

Ao Zhang  1 , Hao Yang  1 , Shuning Tong  2 , Jingqi Gao  1
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An Investigation on Chinese Public Acceptance of COVID-19 Prevention Measures

Ao Zhang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

China has basically succeeded in bringing the COVID-19 epidemic under control, thanks to a timely series of effective prevention and control measures taken by the Chinese government. In this study, a public acceptance questionnaire of epidemic prevention measures was designed to investigate the influencing factors of public acceptance. A total of 2062 samples were collected from 8 March 2020 to 9 April 2020, and Independent-Samples T-Test and One-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data collected in the questionnaire in SPSS version 22.0. The results show that age and educational level have a significant influence on public acceptance. With the development of the epidemic, the acceptability grew generally higher. The public acceptance of traffic measures is the highest. This study summarises China's scientific experience in the fight against COVID-19 and the differences in public acceptance. It can provide a positive reference for the development of epidemic prevention in other countries.

Keywords: COVID-19; acceptance; emergency prevention and control measures; epidemic; public acceptance.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Sample responses on the scale of preventive measures acceptance.
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Figure 2
Public acceptance of prevention and control measures in the early phase (8 March 2020 to 23 March 2020). (a) Status of Sc-6 responses; (b) Status of Sc-7 responses.
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Figure 3
Public acceptance of prevention and control measures in the late phase (23 March 2020 to 9 April 2020). (a) Status of Sc-6 responses; (b) Status of Sc-7 responses.
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