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Why do they want to get out of quarantine?
Since the outbreak of the new corona pneumonia, to slow the spread of the epidemic, countries have resorted to different methods, such as lockdowns, foot bans and border controls. When the government asks people to give up part of their freedom in the name of public health and safety, what are the people willing to give up? To what extent can it be tolerated? The trade-off conflict between state control and personal freedom has been hotly debated. In the past, some academics have found that “going out to socialize” is the hardest part for people to give up and comply with the SARS research standards.
Therefore, the investigation team also examined the quarantine’s willingness to obey the policy with “Do you have any ideas about leaving the quarantine area today?” This includes two research topics: First, what factors will affect public obedience or disobedience? Second, what role does anxiety play in it? Is it an intermediary factor?
According to Li Xuanwei’s analysis, negative emotions are the main factor affecting obedience; Being out of the sun, feeling less supportive, being stigmatized by isolation, etc., can lead to negative emotions. The other is social responsibility, whether you know what isolation means to the community. In addition, the availability of adequate public health information and knowledge will also affect compliance.
According to regression statistics, men are more willing to obey than women. The more anxious and lonely, the easier it is to want to get out of isolation. As the number of quarantine days lengthens, more people will have the idea to leave. Furthermore, the higher the degree of stigmatization of being accused by strangers, or the feeling that isolation does not help society, and is just a waste of time, will also reduce the willingness of those in quarantine to obey.
On the contrary, whether online or offline, as long as the more people contact and the more frequent chats and interactions with family and friends, the less likely they are to leave.
So after experiencing isolation, what changes will it bring?
After the 14-day retreat, the number of “interactions” between quarantined people has decreased significantly, “knowledge about epidemic prevention and public health” has increased significantly, and the proportion of “openness and transparency of policies” “the identification that self-isolation is useful to the community” has also increased, but decreased.
Li Xuanwei explained that the reason may be that the quarantine believes that he is actually a healthy person, but he has to ban it for 14 days, so he believes that the quarantine has little value. When analyzing the stigmatization experience of people in quarantine, the pressure of the stigma they suffer is mainly from strangers; When they encounter problems during quarantine, most of the people they turn to for help are family members.
In conclusion, why do some people want to leave the isolation room at the risk of being punished or blamed? According to research results, when negative emotions and lack of awareness of social responsibility arise, people tend to disobey. Also, unlike the original expectation, the higher the level of public health awareness in epidemic prevention, the more aware that when you feel uncomfortable, you should stay away from others and notify medical personnel. Instead, it is easier to leave. You may think you are less likely to be infected and capable of Personal Protection.
Anxiety plays an intermediary role: when people feel the pressure of stigmatization that is accused by the public, they can feel anxious and reduce the willingness to obey of people in quarantine.
Li Xuanwei emphasized that epidemic prevention is the sum of everyone’s efforts, and people in quarantine have sacrificed their personal freedom to some extent in exchange for social security. If we can better understand the stress, anxiety, physical and mental changes that individuals face in isolation on their own, and the positive support they need, it may be more helpful for society to fight the virus together.
At the end of the speech, we entered the question and answer session and many students enthusiastically asked:
Question: The government has many advertisements or films against the epidemic and the acceptance of different ethnic groups may also be different. How to measure the effectiveness of policy communication?
answer:We examine the effectiveness of policy communication from three aspects:
First, according to the questionnaire conducted by China Effect Group, the data shows that the general people say that the epidemic prevention policy is successful and the support for the policy is high. It can be seen that the government’s epidemic prevention actions have achieved positive results in communication.
Second, in the study of epidemic prevention diaries, regardless of quarantine or ordinary people, most of the participants believed that the information was quite open and transparent, demonstrating that the communication of policy was effective.
Third, the research also analyzes the interaction between the participants and the Facebook of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Most of the keywords in the post are positive, thank you at the top of the list, and most of the interactive forms are like, laugh, and love.
Overall, the policy against the epidemic has effectively achieved effective communication.
QUESTION: Is Taiwan’s epidemic prevention strategy a special case? Will similar practices be transplanted to other cultural contexts, will it have adverse effects?
answer:Today, many approaches should be common and feasible.
For example, many countries successively adopted border control, but if it is implemented in the early stage, the epidemic prevention effect may be more obvious. The uniform collection and distribution of masks also has the effect of calming people’s hearts and reducing the collective panic over the lack of materials. In addition, the digital application policy coordinated by Political Commissioner Tang Feng provides real-time information for everyone, which can be viewed and misappropriated.
Generally speaking, I think that most policies should be able to be copied, the only difference is in the time and intensity of the implementation of the policies. The longer the initiation of certain measures is delayed, the less effective they are expected to be.
In response to the epidemic, Academia Sinica’s opening activities were reduced for the first time this year. However, this speech still attracted many students from many countries and from high schools to attend. Not only did they focus on taking notes, but they also actively asked questions and provided feedback.
(This article is reprinted with permission from Yanzhiyouwu; the source of the first image: Pixabay)
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