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. 2022 Mar 23:10.1111/bjhp.12591. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12591
Beliefs About Consequences
Quote Barrier Facilitator Domain Overlap
I am staying at home, and only leaving for essential food shops. I am doing this because it is important to reduce the spread of the virus as much as possible. I am following this at all times. I am keeping 2m apart from others when there is a need to be close at all. I am also regularly washing hands. All this is to reduce the R and to try and ease lockdown quicker so life can return to normal sooner
  • Belief that lockdown will reduce spread;

  • Return life to normal

  • Knowledge (Lockdown/reduced movement will suppress virus spread and reduce R, reducing need for lockdown)

I am complying with the govt restrictions whilst not agreeing they are entirely necessary. I wash my hands frequently, always on returning from going outside, I keep 2 metres distance from others, I limit my excursions outside the home to once per week by car to nearest supermarket, plus daily exercise from the home door for up to 2 hours. I have not seen a member of my family or made any journey other than to supermarket since lockdown began.
  • Measures not believed to be necessary.

  • None

I go out every day for an exercise walk from home, keeping at least 2 metres from anyone I see. I quarantine groceries and wash my hands more than usual (although I suspect I might occasionally forget). All my family visits and social events have ceased, except online. I am a volunteer on the Responders system and do visit pharmacies to pick up prescriptions for others, but I observe social distancing. I think its vital for all to comply to save lives and I am very accepting of the restrictions for that reason.
  • Belief that compliance will save lives

  • Online socialization (Environmental Context and Resources)

  • Forgetting (Memory, Attention, and Decision Processes)

  • Memory, attention, and decision processes (suspected forgetting)

Not going out unless essential, but sometimes going out more than once a day for walk. I live in a rural area so do not see people, therefore I do not see it as a risk
  • Area perceived to be low risk.

  • Access to green/open space (Environmental context and resources)

  • Environmental context and resources (access to and perceptions of risk in different areas)