[HTML][HTML] The role of conformity in mask-wearing during COVID-19

A Woodcock, PW Schultz - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
By September 2020, COVID-19 had claimed the lives of almost 1 million people worldwide,
including more than 400,000 in the US and Europe To slow the spread of the virus, health …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of social conformity on mask-wearing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

D Mladenović, M Jirásek, T Ondráček, Z Opatrná… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to vaccination, health authorities
have strongly advocated the wearing of face masks as a crucial measure in combating the …

Social and behavioral consequences of mask policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Betsch, L Korn, P Sprengholz… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Mandatory and voluntary mask policies may have yet unknown social and behavioral
consequences related to the effectiveness of the measure, stigmatization, and perceived …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental evidence that changing beliefs about mask efficacy and social norms increase mask wearing for COVID-19 risk reduction: Results from the …

SE Bokemper, M Cucciniello, T Rotesi, P Pin, AA Malik… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the absence of widespread vaccination for COVID-19, governments and public health
officials have advocated for the public to wear masks during the pandemic. The decision to …

Face masks increase compliance with physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic

G Seres, AH Balleyer, N Cerutti, A Danilov… - 2020 - econstor.eu
Governments across the world have implemented restrictive policies to slow the spread of
COVID-19. Recommended face mask use has been a controversially discussed policy …

[HTML][HTML] Mask-wearing increased after a government recommendation: a natural experiment in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic

MH Goldberg, A Gustafson, EW Maibach… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
On April 3 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended
that all Americans wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The announcement …

Association of masking policies with mask adherence and distancing during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

EJ Puttock, J Marquez, DR Young, AM Shirley… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Quantification of the impact of local masking policies may help guide future
policy interventions to reduce SARS-COV-2 disease transmission. This study's objective was …

Comparison of face-touching behaviors before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

YJ Chen, G Qin, J Chen, JL Xu, DY Feng… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is insufficient evidence on the efficacy of masks in the general population
for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in public areas. Therefore, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic observation of mask adherence and distancing (SOMAD): Findings from Philadelphia

DA Cohen, M Talarowski, O Awomolo, B Han… - Preventive medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adherence to guidelines for face coverings and physical distancing are critical strategies to
stem the COVID-19 pandemic but are not uniformly followed. Understanding factors …

Mask use during COVID-19: a social-ecological analysis

AR Casola, B Kunes, A Cunningham… - Health Promotion …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
To limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention issued recommendations that individuals wear face masks in public …