COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO Germany) - Wave 37

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.

在新型冠状病毒当前暴发这类公共危机事件中，监测公众的风险认知、防护与备灾行为、公众信任度，以及相关知识与错误信息，可助力政府发言人、媒体与卫生机构制定合理的应对举措，这一点至关重要（世界卫生组织欧洲区域办事处（WHO Europe），2017；世界卫生组织（World Health Organization），2017）。本系列横断面研究COSMO旨在实现对上述变量的快速动态监测，并评估德国境内针对新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的风险认知、相关知识与错误信息，与备灾及防护行为之间的关联。