Challenges and Opportunities for Human Behavior Research in the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious public health crisis that is causing major worldwidedisruption. So far, the most widely deployed interventions have been non-pharmacological (NPI),such as various forms of social distancing, pervasive use of personal protective equipment (PPE),such as facemasks, shields, or gloves, and hand washing and disinfection of fomites. These measureswill very likely continue to be mandated in the medium or even long term until an effectivetreatment or vaccine is found (Leung et al., 2020). Even beyond that time frame, many of thesepublic health recommendations will have become part of individual lifestyles and hence continueto be observed. Moreover, it is implausible that the disruption caused by COVID-19 will dissipatesoon. Analysis of transmission dynamics suggests that the disease could persist into 2025, withprolonged or intermittent social distancing in place until 2022 (Kissler et al., 2020).