Germany COVID-19 Snapshot MOnitoring (COSMO Germany): Monitoring knowledge, risk perceptions, preventive behaviours, and public trust in the current coronavirus outbreak in Germany

In a crisis such as the current outbreak of the newly emerged coronavirus, it is of utmost importance to monitor public perceptions of risk, protective and preparedness behaviours, public trust, as well as knowledge and misinformation to enable government spokespeople, the media, and health organizations to implement adequate responses (WHO Europe, 2017; World Health Organization, 2017). The purpose of this serial cross-sectional study COSMO is to allow rapid and adaptive monitoring of these variables over time and to assess the relations between risk perceptions, knowledge and misinformation to preparedness and protective behaviour regarding COVID-19 in Germany. other

在新型冠状病毒当前暴发这类公共卫生危机中，监测公众的风险认知、防护与备灾行为、公众信任度，以及相关认知与错误信息，对于助力政府发言人、媒体与卫生机构制定合理应对措施至关重要（世界卫生组织欧洲区域办事处，2017；世界卫生组织，2017）。本系列横断面研究COSMO的研究目的，在于实现上述变量随时间推移的快速动态监测，并评估德国民众针对COVID-19的风险认知、相关认知与错误信息，与其备灾及防护行为之间的关联。other