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The Bright Side: Exploring environmental attitudes and Covid compliance

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Gund Institute

  • Principal Investigator

    Chris Koliba

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Vermont

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Chris Koliba (CALS) and colleagues will study how and why people comply with social distancing and other public health measures during an active pandemic, with a focus on the role that pro-environmental attitudes and outdoor activities play in shaping compliance behavior. Expanding on experimental simulation games and surveys from the Social Ecological Gaming and Simulation (SEGS) lab, the team will create a new model for COVID-19 infections that takes into account the variation in individual compliance based on environmental attitudes. https://vtdigger.org/2020/07/23/the-bright-side-exploring-environmental-attitudes-and-covid-compliance/