Achieving behaviour change in COVID 19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from cancer prevention and antibiotic stewardship programs based on social cognition framework

Fransiscus Arifin, K. Kuntaman

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Abstract

In covid 19 pandemic, human behavior had a significant role. This is true for personal protection and in the public health interest. Changing behavior related to this pandemic is a challenge faced by many public health authority, but several prevention program were already trying to achieve behavior change. These include cancer prevention program and antibiotic stewardship. Iit is possible to learn lessons from their success and failure, to inform us what is the most effective way in changing covid 19 pandemic related behavior. We conducted literature search and review of cancer prevention program and antibiotic stewardship behavior change. Consistent messages, along with relevant reasons and supervision will increase the probability of successful behavior change. The change in environment, facilitating targeted behavior and reducing barrier will also improve the adoption of new behavior. Involving peer groups, as peer control is important also had a positive effect on behaviour change.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-161
Number of pages5
JournalMalaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
Volume17
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2021

Keywords

  • Behavior therapy
  • COVID 19

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