@article{Wismans_A-2022_94806,
title = {Face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: how risk perception, experience with COVID-19, and attitude towards government interact with country-wide policy stringency},
author = {Wismans, A. and van der Zwan, P. and Wennberg, K. and Franken, I. and Mukerjee, J. and Baptista, R. and Marín, J. and Burke, A. and Dejardin, M. and Janssen, F. and Letina, S. and Millán, J. and Santarelli, E. and Torrès, O. and Thurik, R.},
month = {aug},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Background: During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed numerous regulations to protect public health, particularly the (mandatory) use of face masks. However, the appropriateness and effectiveness of face mask regulations have been widely discussed, as is apparent from the divergent measures taken across and within countries over time, including mandating, recommending, and discouraging their use. In this study, we analyse how country-level policy stringency and individual-level predictors associate with face mask use during the early stages of the global COVID-19 pandemic.},
volume = {22},
issue = {1},
journal = {BMC Public Health},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13632-9},
}
