COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO Germany) - Wave 46

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卫生危机情境中，监测公众的风险认知、防护与准备行为、公众信任水平，以及相关知识与错误信息传播情况，对于助力政府发言人、媒体及卫生机构制定适配的应对策略而言至关重要（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的核心目标，是实现对上述变量随时间推移的快速自适应监测，并评估德国境内针对COVID-19的风险认知、知识储备与错误信息同防疫准备及防护行为之间的关联。