Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information

Jing Wang, Chuqing Guo, Tingyu Lin School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing Wang, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of China, Email jingwang1110@fzu.edu.cnBackground: Risk perception is a key factor influ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang J, Guo C, Lin T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2022-11-01
Series:Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/public-risk-perception-attribution-model-and-governance-path-in-covid--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RMHP
_version_ 1797985191763902464
author Wang J
Guo C
Lin T
author_facet Wang J
Guo C
Lin T
author_sort Wang J
collection DOAJ
description Jing Wang, Chuqing Guo, Tingyu Lin School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing Wang, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of China, Email jingwang1110@fzu.edu.cnBackground: Risk perception is a key factor influencing the public’s behavioral response to major public health events. The research on public risk perception promotes the emergency management system to adapt to the needs of modern development. This article is based on a risk information perspective, using the COVID-19 event as an example. From the micro and macro perspectives, the influencing factors of public risk perception in major public health events in China are extracted, and the attribution model and index system of public risk perception are established.Methods: In this paper, the five-level Likert scale is used to collect and measure the risk perception variable questionnaire through the combination of online and offline methods (a total of 550 questionnaires, the overall Alpha coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.955, and the KMO test coefficient t=0.941), and through independent samples t-test, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and other methods to draw relevant conclusions.Results: The results showed that gender and age were significantly associated with risk perception (p< 0.005), and education level was significantly negatively associated with risk perception (p < 0 0.005). Risk information attention and risk perception were significantly positively correlated (p< 0.005), media credibility was significantly positively correlated with risk perception (p< 0.005), while risk information identification and media exposure had no significant interaction with risk perception (p=0.125, p=0.352).Conclusion: Factors such as gender, age, education level, place of residence, media exposure, media credibility, risk information attention, and recognition lead to different levels of risk perception. This conclusion helps to provide a basis for relevant departments to conduct public risk management of major public health events based on differences in risk perceptions.Keywords: public health events, risk perception, influencing factors, COVID-19, risk information
first_indexed 2024-04-11T07:13:33Z
format Article
id doaj.art-99b14b116dca4ec9a250d56fc615f590
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1179-1594
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-11T07:13:33Z
publishDate 2022-11-01
publisher Dove Medical Press
record_format Article
series Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
spelling doaj.art-99b14b116dca4ec9a250d56fc615f5902022-12-22T04:38:04ZengDove Medical PressRisk Management and Healthcare Policy1179-15942022-11-01Volume 152097211379526Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk InformationWang JGuo CLin TJing Wang, Chuqing Guo, Tingyu Lin School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing Wang, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, People’s Republic of China, Email jingwang1110@fzu.edu.cnBackground: Risk perception is a key factor influencing the public’s behavioral response to major public health events. The research on public risk perception promotes the emergency management system to adapt to the needs of modern development. This article is based on a risk information perspective, using the COVID-19 event as an example. From the micro and macro perspectives, the influencing factors of public risk perception in major public health events in China are extracted, and the attribution model and index system of public risk perception are established.Methods: In this paper, the five-level Likert scale is used to collect and measure the risk perception variable questionnaire through the combination of online and offline methods (a total of 550 questionnaires, the overall Alpha coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.955, and the KMO test coefficient t=0.941), and through independent samples t-test, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and other methods to draw relevant conclusions.Results: The results showed that gender and age were significantly associated with risk perception (p< 0.005), and education level was significantly negatively associated with risk perception (p < 0 0.005). Risk information attention and risk perception were significantly positively correlated (p< 0.005), media credibility was significantly positively correlated with risk perception (p< 0.005), while risk information identification and media exposure had no significant interaction with risk perception (p=0.125, p=0.352).Conclusion: Factors such as gender, age, education level, place of residence, media exposure, media credibility, risk information attention, and recognition lead to different levels of risk perception. This conclusion helps to provide a basis for relevant departments to conduct public risk management of major public health events based on differences in risk perceptions.Keywords: public health events, risk perception, influencing factors, COVID-19, risk informationhttps://www.dovepress.com/public-risk-perception-attribution-model-and-governance-path-in-covid--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RMHPpublic health eventsrisk perceptioninfluencing factorscovid-19risk information
spellingShingle Wang J
Guo C
Lin T
Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
public health events
risk perception
influencing factors
covid-19
risk information
title Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
title_full Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
title_fullStr Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
title_full_unstemmed Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
title_short Public Risk Perception Attribution Model and Governance Path in COVID-19: A Perspective Based on Risk Information
title_sort public risk perception attribution model and governance path in covid 19 a perspective based on risk information
topic public health events
risk perception
influencing factors
covid-19
risk information
url https://www.dovepress.com/public-risk-perception-attribution-model-and-governance-path-in-covid--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RMHP
work_keys_str_mv AT wangj publicriskperceptionattributionmodelandgovernancepathincovid19aperspectivebasedonriskinformation
AT guoc publicriskperceptionattributionmodelandgovernancepathincovid19aperspectivebasedonriskinformation
AT lint publicriskperceptionattributionmodelandgovernancepathincovid19aperspectivebasedonriskinformation