2022 Mark Czeisler Monash University PhD Thesis FINAL.pdf (54.12 MB)
The COVID-19 Outbreak Public Evaluation (COPE) Initiative: Assessment of Attitudes and Behaviours about Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and of Mental and Behavioural Health During the Great Pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019
thesis
posted on 2022-03-01, 05:41 authored by Mark Éliás CzeislerTo contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nonpharmaceutical interventions (e.g., lockdowns, masks) were applied worldwide on a scale unseen in a century. This thesis presents findings from The COPE Initiative, a public health surveillance activity among adults in the US and Australia. We assessed public attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs about COVID-19 and prevention measures, along with mental health. Our findings of widespread initial support for nonpharmaceutical interventions, along with persistently elevated levels of adverse mental health symptoms—especially among young adults and unpaid caregivers—informed public health policies, support, services, and interventions to contain COVID-19 and mitigate its adverse effects.
History
Principal supervisor
Mark HowardAdditional supervisor 1
Shantha RajaratnamYear of Award
2022Department, School or Centre
Psychological SciencesAdditional Institution or Organisation
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin HealthCampus location
AustraliaCourse
Doctor of PhilosophyDegree Type
DOCTORATEFaculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesUsage metrics
Categories
- Infectious diseases
- Virology
- Health care administration
- People with disability
- Biostatistics
- Family care
- Health and community services
- Epidemiology not elsewhere classified
- Welfare, insurance, disability and social security law
- Health promotion
- Preventative health care
- Public health not elsewhere classified
- Respiratory diseases
- Public policy
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychophysiology
- Australian government and politics
- Psychological methodology, design and analysis
- Community psychology
- Social psychology
- Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
- Mental health services
- Historical studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
COVID-19Public HealthMental HealthNonpharmaceutical interventionsSleepCircadian RhythmsResearch MethodologyCaregiversCommunity Health PromotionSARS-CoV-2CoronavirusAnxietyDepressionSubstance UseSuicidalityVaccinationMask UsageUnited StatesAustraliaInfectious DiseasesVirologyHealth CareCare for DisabledBiostatisticsFamily CareHealth and Community ServicesEpidemiologyDisability StudiesHealth PromotionPreventive MedicinePublic Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifiedRespiratory DiseasesPublic PolicyBiological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)Australian Government and PoliticsPsychological Methodology, Design and AnalysisSocial and Community PsychologyPsychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)Mental HealthHistory