TY - JOUR T1 - Evidenced-based and targeted interventions are required to enhance compliance with COVID-19 public health measures JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 64 LP - 64 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2020-103381 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi AU - Parastou Azadeh Ranjbar Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/25/2/64.abstract N2 - 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.Developing targeted, evidence-based public health measures is necessary to increase compliance with COVID-19 public health measuresFuture research should focus on analysis of targeted interventions on mitigating non-compliance attitudes in high-risk populations.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.Using a prospective-longitudinal cohort study with data before and during the pandemic in Switzerland, Nivette … ER -