Patterns of COVID19-related information provision in relation to care avoidance and mortality

During the pandemic, information about COVID-19 has been communicated in various ways. Through traditional channels such as TV or newspaper, but also often through social media. The way in which people received information may have influenced their behavior in relation to their health. In this study, we determine the relationship between the way people obtained information about COVID-19 in relation to their help-seeking behavior and the resulting risk of mortality in the general population. To this end, we bring together harmonized data from two large, long-term population studies, the Generation R Research (0-40 years) and the Erasmus Rotterdam Health Research (40-107 years). Together these studies cover the life course. For example, we carefully investigate how, for example, the government can inform people as best as possible in the future, focusing on the information needs of different ages.