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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Research

Engaging Communities in Emerging Infectious Disease Mitigation to Improve Public Health and Safety

Michàlle E. Mor BarakComments to Author , Shinyi Wu, Gil Luria, Leslie P. Schnyder, Ruotong Liu, Anthony Nguyen, and Charles D. Kaplan
Author affiliations: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, California, USA (M.E. Mor Barak); University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Los Angeles (M.E. Mor Barak, S. Wu, L.P. Schnyder, R. Liu); University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles (S. Wu, A. Nguyen); University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa, Israel (G. Luria, C.D. Kaplan)

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Table

Multilevel logistic regression analysis of health-safety climate and behavioral outcomes, controlling for age and sex, as part of developing a community HSC measure to assess readiness to adopt health behaviors during a pandemic*

Category
 Avoid public spaces, n = 1,048
 Avoid contact with high-risk persons, n = 992
 Avoid eating at restaurants, n = 1,048
 Wash hands, n = 1,060
 Wear a face mask, n = 1,061
 Remain in residence except for essential activities, n = 1,064
Predictor variables
HSC level† 0.73‡ 0.87‡ 0.52‡ 0.68§ 1.25‡ 0.66‡
Age¶ 0.01 0.02† 0.01 0.01 –0.01 0.02‡
Female sex#
 0.27**
 0.42**
 0.04
 0.82‡
 0.15
 0.24
Moderation analysis with HSC strength as moderator
HSC level‡ –9.03** –12.59§ –6.83 –17.74** –1.42 –4.18
HSC strength†† –28.19** –42.86§ –19.63 62.56** –5.02 –11.71
HSC level × HSC strength 11.12§ 15.37§ 8.33 20.97** 3.01 5.49
Age¶ 0.01 0.02‡ 0.01 0.01 –0.01 0.02‡
Female sex# 0.25 0.039** 0.04 0.79§ 0.17 0.24

*Five records were excluded from each regression model because of missing information. HSC, health-safety climate. †HSC level ranged from 1.3 to 4.7 (mean 3.17, SD 0.49) ‡Statistical significance at p<0.001 level based on the Wald test. §Statistical significance at p<0.01 level based on the Wald test. ¶Age ranged from 19 to 111 y (mean 47.42 y, SD 16.23 y). #Sex: 890 participants (62.46%) were female and 535 (37.54%) were male. **Statistical significance at p<0.05 level based on the Wald test. ††HSC strength (rWG) ranged from 0.69 to 0.95 (mean 0.88, SD 0.03).

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