{"id":409966,"date":"2022-02-25T22:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-study-tests-interventions-to-foster-safer-behavior\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T22:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:00:03","slug":"new-study-tests-interventions-to-foster-safer-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-study-tests-interventions-to-foster-safer-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"#New study tests interventions to foster safer behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New study tests interventions to foster safer behavior<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The world has relied on adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as ventilation, mask-wearing and physical distancing, to keep us safe throughout the ongoing pandemic. With vaccines completing the toolbox, these measures and the accompanying public health messaging continue to play an important role.\n <\/p>\n

Now a new study has shown that it is possible to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to foster safer behavior in order to slow the spread of a virus.<\/p>\n

The study, led by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany, with collaborators at the University of Plymouth, UK, and the IESE Business School, Spain, found that the most effective app<\/a>roach was a message that directly appealed to the public, contained moral reason, and was clear and consistent.<\/p>\n

The research, published in Science<\/a> Advances<\/i>, asked seven groups of 100 people each in a cross section of the US population to take part in game<\/a>s designed to emulate virus transmission.<\/p>\n

How did the game work?<\/b><\/p>\n

The game was presented in a neutral framing, replacing terms associated with pandemics by references to neutral colors. Blue players represented healthy individuals, and purple players infected individuals.<\/p>\n

All 100 players in each game started as blue; then eight randomly selected players were switched to purple (this represents the initial outbreak).<\/p>\n

In each of 25 rounds, players decided between two actions: action G offering low risk and low reward (8 points) and action H offering high risk and high reward (40 points). All players were randomly paired. Blue paired with purple players may switch to purple; the transmission probability was between 0.05 and 0.25 and was determined by the riskiness of the pair’s chosen actions.<\/p>\n

Finally, scores summed across all rounds were translated into payoffs for blue players only, at a rate of \u00a31 per 200 points\u2014so if they took more risks and managed to stay blue, they got a higher reward.<\/p>\n

However, if they got ‘infected’ and turned purple, they lost everything.<\/p>\n

What was being tested?<\/b><\/p>\n

The research tested the effectiveness of different types of interventions in preventing risk-taking behavior.<\/p>\n

The scenario was purposely chosen to be separate from COVID-19 to ensure that participants were at the same level of experience. The interventions implemented principles of several methods used by countries and media<\/a> outlets worldwide, and found that people reduced their risk-taking behavior as follows:<\/p>\n