Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic

SARS‐CoV‐2 represents a direct threat to the population, with concerns for public health being cited as justification for a range of protective action recommendations and governmental policies. At the same time, the economic impacts associated with both experiencing COVID‐19 and/or its associated pr...

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Autores principales: Penta, Samantha, Koyratty, Nadia, Clay, Lauren, Silver, Amber
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173599
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author Penta, Samantha
Koyratty, Nadia
Clay, Lauren
Silver, Amber
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description SARS‐CoV‐2 represents a direct threat to the population, with concerns for public health being cited as justification for a range of protective action recommendations and governmental policies. At the same time, the economic impacts associated with both experiencing COVID‐19 and/or its associated protective measures have featured prominently in debates of how the pandemic should be managed. While the widespread presence of COVID‐19 has produced large‐scale exposure to the pandemic, the wide variation in direct exposures to the virus, variations in individual and household vulnerability, as well as governmental approaches to managing the pandemic have resulted in wide variation in individual pandemic experiences. This study builds on existing research on threat perception by looking at two types of threat perceptions for COVID‐19: health concerns and economic concerns. Using survey data of adults in New York, Louisiana, and Washington states, this study explores people's level of concern for health and economic impacts to themselves and their associations with several pandemic‐related stressors. The results of this study demonstrate that reduced income during the pandemic was the only stressor that appeared to influence participants' COVID‐19 concerns across multiple analyses.
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spelling CGSpace1735992025-12-19T20:22:39Z Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic Penta, Samantha Koyratty, Nadia Clay, Lauren Silver, Amber COVID-19 public health economic situation policies income SARS‐CoV‐2 represents a direct threat to the population, with concerns for public health being cited as justification for a range of protective action recommendations and governmental policies. At the same time, the economic impacts associated with both experiencing COVID‐19 and/or its associated protective measures have featured prominently in debates of how the pandemic should be managed. While the widespread presence of COVID‐19 has produced large‐scale exposure to the pandemic, the wide variation in direct exposures to the virus, variations in individual and household vulnerability, as well as governmental approaches to managing the pandemic have resulted in wide variation in individual pandemic experiences. This study builds on existing research on threat perception by looking at two types of threat perceptions for COVID‐19: health concerns and economic concerns. Using survey data of adults in New York, Louisiana, and Washington states, this study explores people's level of concern for health and economic impacts to themselves and their associations with several pandemic‐related stressors. The results of this study demonstrate that reduced income during the pandemic was the only stressor that appeared to influence participants' COVID‐19 concerns across multiple analyses. 2025-03 2025-03-12T21:14:37Z 2025-03-12T21:14:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173599 en Limited Access Wiley Penta, Samantha; Koyratty, Nadia; Clay, Lauren; and Silver, Amber. 2025. Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic. Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Public Policy 16(1): e70003. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.70003
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Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
title Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Health or economics: Unpacking concern type and severity in the COVID-19 pandemic
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topic COVID-19
public health
economic situation
policies
income
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