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Commentary
Health promotion and public health
Evidenced-based and targeted interventions are required to enhance compliance with COVID-19 public health measures
  1. Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi1,
  2. Parastou Azadeh Ranjbar2
  1. 1 Nursing Department, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, USA
  2. 2 College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  1. Correspondence to Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, USA; ghassemia{at}hartwick.edu

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2020-103381

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    Commentary on: Nivette, A, Ribeaud, D, Murray, A, et al. Non-compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures among young adults in Switzerland: Insight from longitudinal cohort study. Soc Sci Med 2020; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113370.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Developing targeted, evidence-based public health measures is necessary to increase compliance with COVID-19 public health measures

    • Future research should focus on analysis of targeted interventions on mitigating non-compliance attitudes in high-risk populations.

    Context

    Compliance with public health guidelines has become increased in global importance since the COVID-19 pandemic began. While a growing body of research on how personality and individual differences predict compliance with health guidelines during the pandemic,1 Nivette and colleagues examined prior social and psychological factors linked to non-compliance in adolescents and young adults during the pandemic.

    Methods

    Using a prospective-longitudinal cohort study with data before and during the pandemic in Switzerland, Nivette …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.