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Adherence to Emergency Public Health Measures for Bioevents: Review of US Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2018

Robyn R. Gershon ,
Qi Zhi ,
Alexander F. Chin ,
Ezinne M. Nwankwo  and
Lisa M. Gargano
Robyn R. Gershon*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York
Qi Zhi
Affiliation:
Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Alexander F. Chin
Affiliation:
Global Health Sciences, Graduate Division, University of California, San Francisco
Ezinne M. Nwankwo
Affiliation:
Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Lisa M. Gargano
Affiliation:
World Trade Center Health Registry, Division of Epidemiology, and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Robyn R. Gershon, DrPH, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003. (email: rg184@NYU.edu).
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Abstract

The frequency of bioevents is increasing worldwide. In the United States, as elsewhere, control of contagion may require the cooperation of community members with emergency public health measures. The US general public is largely unfamiliar with these measures, and our understanding of factors that influence behaviors in this context is limited. The few previous reviews of research on this topic focused on non-US samples. For this review, we examined published research on the psychosocial influences of adherence in US sample populations. Of 153 articles identified, only 9 met the inclusion criteria. Adherence behaviors were categorized into 2 groups: self-protective behaviors (personal hygiene, social distancing, face mask use, seeking out health care advice, and vaccination) and protecting others (isolation, temperature screening, and quarantine). A lack of uniformity across studies regarding definitions and measures was noted. Only 5 of the 9 articles reported tests of association between adherence with emergency measures and psychosocial factors; perceived risk and perceived seriousness were found to be significantly associated with adherence or adherence intentions. Although it is well documented that psychosocial factors are important predictors of protective health behaviors in general, this has not been rigorously studied in the context of bioevents. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:528–535)

Keywords

emergency public health measuresadherencepsychosocial
Type
Systematic Review
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 528 - 535
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2018 

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