@article{Peters_G-2025_209666,
title = {Collecting behavioural data across countries during pandemics: Development of the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool},
author = {Peters, G. and Kwasnicka, D. and ten Hoor, G. and Crutzen, R. and Varol, T. and Warner, L. and Algargoosh, M. and Ali, E. and Anwar, M. and Asih, S. and Baltas, Z. and Berry, E. and Beyene, K. and Campbell, K. and Carneiro, B. and Castillo-Eito, L. and Chan, A. and Chan, S. and Cipolletta, S. and DeSmet, A. and Dewi, T. and Dima, A. and Encantado, J. and Epton, T. and Figueiredo, J. and Fracaroli, G. and Gauchet, A. and Gebretekle, G. and Gérain, P. and Godinho, C. and Graham-Wisener, L. and Green, J. and Groarke, J. and Gültzow, T. and Guven, E. and Hermsen, S. and Inauen, J. and Kassianos, A. and Kazantseva, T. and Keyaerts, E. and König, L. and Lange, D. and Lauwerier, E. and Lie, Y. and Liem, A. and Luszczynska, A. and Marques, M. and Moore, H. and Noone, C. and Nurmi, J. and Nurwanti, R. and Ozbay, E. and Palacz-Poborczyk, I. and Pedruzzi, R. and Poppe, L. and Porter, L. and Powell, D. and Rinaldi, B. and Ruffault, A. and Schmitz, C. and Scholz, U. and Schweitzer, A. and Ok, Y. and Shree, M. and Silva, C. and Sokang, Y. and Tam, A. and Tang, M. and Tomaino, S. and van Beurden, S. and Verweij, S. and Vluggen, S. and Watkins, R. and Zörgő, S. and Roozen, S. and Hermans, R.},
month = {jul},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Tools that can be used to collect behavioural data during pandemics are needed to inform policy and practice. The objective of this project was to develop theYour COVID-19 Risktool in response to the global spread of COVID-19, aiming to promote health behaviour change. We developed an online resource based on key behavioural evidence-based risk factors related to contracting and spreading COVID-19. This tool allows for assessing risk and provides instant support to protect individuals from infection. The Risk Estimation Questions assessed users’ location, age, gender, work environment, day-to-day behaviours currently performed, and conditions under which these behaviours would change. Users were also asked to estimate how often they keep their distance from others in public and regularly wash their hands, and the procedures they follow to do so. A multidisciplinary research team of more than 150 international experts developed the tool. Over 60,000 users in more than 150 countries have assessed their risk and provided data. The majority of respondents reported that they almost always keep their distance from others in public places, and most participants reported washing their hands after touching public or shared surfaces or when entering buildings. The tool, data, and results were openly shared to support government and health agencies developing behaviour change interventions. This tool creates a blueprint for similar digital infrastructure that can be replicated and used in future pandemics.},
volume = {57},
journal = {Behavior Research Methods},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02743-x},
}
