Public Attitudes, Behaviors, and Beliefs Related to COVID-19, Stay-at-Home Orders, Nonessential Business Closures, and Public Health Guidance — U.S. New York City, and Los Angeles, May 5–12, 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Baldwin, Grant T. ; Barger, Laura K. ; Czeisler, Charles A. ; Czeisler, Mark É. ; Facer-Childs, Elise R. ; Fulmer, Erika B. ; Honeycutt, Sally ; Howard, Mark E. ; Kidder, Daniel P. ; Rajaratnam, Shantha M. W. ; Robbins, Rebecca ; Tynan, Michael A.
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC COVID-19 Response Team
• Description:
  SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is thought to be transmitted mainly by person-to-person contact (1). Implementation of nationwide public health orders to limit person-to-person interaction and of guidance on personal protective practices can slow Transmission (2,3). Such strategies can include stay-at-home orders, business closures, prohibitions against mass gatherings, use of cloth face coverings, and maintenance of a physical distance between persons (2,3). To assess and understand public attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs related to this guidance and COVID-19, representative panel surveys were conducted among adults aged ≥18 years in New York City (NYC) and Los Angeles, and broadly across the U.S. during May 5-12, 2020. Most respondents in the three cohorts supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures* (U.S. 79.5%; New York City, 86.7%; and Los Angeles, 81.5%), reported always or often wearing cloth face coverings in public areas (U.S. 74.1%, New York City, 89.6%; and Los Angeles 89.8%), and believed that their state's restrictions were the right balance or not restrictive enough (U.S. 84.3%; New York City, 89.7%; and Los Angeles, 79.7%). Periodic assessments of public attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs can guide evidence-based public health decision-making and related Prevention messaging about mitigation strategies needed as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Occupational Health Pandemics Public Health Safety Social Isolation Surveys And Questionnaires
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(24):751-758
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  32555138
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7302477
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Los Angeles (CA) ; New York City (NY) ; California ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 9 ; United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Colys, Mallory ; Baste, Sneha ; Chong, Daniel
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062827
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:07cb44b3f5508c9f334ebcf999a3b09a8f60f8ca1e1c2425f4b592135370c485f048589739ab9eddd95c7023ece4159e3f8bf3fb50fcfba50d2d2bb9115d0cc6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/89814/cdc_89814_DS1.pdf
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