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0201/2021 - Trust, attitudes, information: a study on the perception of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 Brazilian cities
Confiança, atitudes, informação: um estudo sobre a percepção da pandemia de COVID-19 em 12 cidades brasileiras

Author:

• Luisa Massarani - Massarani, L. - <luisa.massarani@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7242

Co-author(s):

• Ione Maria Mendes - Mendes, I. M. - <iomendes@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7242
• Vanessa Fagundes - Fagundes, V. - <vafagundes2@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-8490
• Carmelo Polino - Polino, C. - <cpolino@ricyt.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-8024
• Yurij Castelfranchi - Castelfranchi, Y. - <yurijcastelfranchi@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-5956
• Bertha Maakaroun - Maakaroun, B. - <polispesquisaltda@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2713-1708


Abstract:

In this study, we analyze the perception of Brazilians about COVID-19 in 12 cities in the country. Issues about the severity and dangers of the disease, sources of information and reliability, checking information, attitudes, precautions and priorities for coping and trusting relationships in science were addressed. This study was carried out in the context of a broader research on how Brazilians see the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The survey was applied between May 18 and June 10, 2020 with 1,643 residents over 16 years of age in Brazilian cities Fiocruz has a technical unit or office. The results reveal that an important part of the interviewees recognizes the seriousness of the pandemic, the importance of being properly informed, considers important the measures indicated by health authorities and trusts scientists and scientific institutions as sources of information. With the sense of urgency and experience of uncertainties about the present and the future, the need for strengthening of trust in institutions is present.

Keywords:

COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic; public perception

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Massarani, L., Mendes, I. M., Fagundes, V., Polino, C., Castelfranchi, Y., Maakaroun, B.. Trust, attitudes, information: a study on the perception of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 Brazilian cities. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jun). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/trust-attitudes-information-a-study-on-the-perception-of-the-covid19-pandemic-in-12-brazilian-cities/18100?id=18100&id=18100



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