Perceptions of a pandemic : a cross-continental comparison of citizen perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors during Covid-19

While responses to the Covid-19 pandemic varied based on the timing of the onset of cases and the severity of the disease, Perceptions of a Pandemic analyzes and compares the perceptions and attitudes of citizens in the US and Finland during the pandemic's early stages and relates these to heal...

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Other Authors Hawdon, James (Editor), Sedgwick, Donna (Editor), Comer, C. Cozette (Editor), Räsänen, Pekka (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2024]
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836086260
DOI10.1108/9781836086246
Physical Description1 online resource (224 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Understanding covid: Behaviors, perceptions, and solutions
  • Chapter 1. Perceptions of a pandemic: The impact of covid-19 on American and Finnish societies / James Hawdon, Donna Sedgwick, C. Cozette Comer, and Pekka Räsänen
  • Chapter 2. Planned behavioral changes to mitigate covid-19's effects / James Hawdon
  • Chapter 3. Which factors contributed to the covid-19 outbreak to become a global pandemic? / Pekka Räsänen and Aki Koivula
  • Chapter 4. Public priorities during a pandemic: Cross-national comparisons / C. Cozette Comer
  • Section 2. Media as a complicating factor
  • Chapter 5. Trust in experts according to media consumption and government satisfaction in the u.s. And Finland / Aki Koivula, Eetu Marttila, and Pekka Räsänen
  • Chapter 6. Covid-19 and the flames of hate / James Hawdon
  • Section 3. Covid-19 and the public: Well-being, compliance, and health outcomes
  • Chapter 7. Coping, wellbeing, and covid / Donna Sedgwick
  • Chapter 8. Compliance with protective health behaviors during covid: Variations over time and by country / Donna Sedgwick
  • Chapter 9. The pandemic's effects in Finland and the United States: The long-term consequences of early perceptions and behaviors / James Hawdon and Donna Sedgwick
  • Section 4. A look ahead
  • Chapter 10. A look ahead: How to better handle the next pandemic and other crises / James Hawdon, Donna Sedgwick, C. Cozette Comer, and Pekka Räsänen.