| Unique ID | iCARE-ABG-0030 |
| Prefix / Honorific (optional) (Prefix) | Dr. |
| First or given name (First name) | Ariane |
| Last or family name (Last name) | Bélanger-Gravel |
| Email (Enter your email) | ariane.belanger-gravel@com.ulaval.ca |
| Other investigators or team members (optional) | Olivier Drouin, Tracie Barnett, Jovana Stojanovic, Kim Lavoie, Simon Bacon |
| Institution | Université Laval |
| Country (Country) | Canada |
| Analysis Plan Title | Investigating factors associated with adherence to protective behaviours among Canadian young adults |
| Analysis Plan Description | To support the design of effective public health strategies, it is critical to understand what factors determine adherence (or lack thereof) to preventive behaviours. The aim of this study is to examine factors associated with adherence to preventive behaviours (e.g., hand washing, physical distancing, self-quarantining, avoiding gatherings) among Canadian young adults (18-29 y). Analyses will be performed on data from the representative surveys conducted in Canada (surveys 1 to 5). The objectives of this study are to describe 1) adherence to preventive behaviours, levels of concerns regarding the pandemic, and the distribution of key communication/intervention variables (e.g., the perceived convincingness of different information, level of trust in authorities, sources of information, etc.) across survey periods; and 2) to examine factors associated with adherence to protective behaviours. This latter analysis will include variables from the COM-B model of behaviour change (i.e., capabilities, opportunities and motivations) assessed in the survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (e.g., chi-square and univariate logistic regression analyses) will be used for the first set of objectives and multivariate logistic regression analysis will be used for the second objective. The latter will control for socidemographic characteristics such as province of residence, sex, income, presence of a chronic disease, etc. |
| Keyword 1 | Young adults |
| Keyword 2 | Correlates of adherence |
| Representative data | Representative data |
| Location data | Country-based |
| Country (Country) | Canada |
| Data Time Frame | Data from all surveys |
| Analysis outputs (optional) | Bélanger-Gravel, A., Barnett, T., Stojanovic, J., At, M., Séguin, K., Lavoie, K. & Bacon, S. for the iCARE study team. Young adults and social gatherings: an exploration of behaviours, arguments for behaviour changes, concerns and sources of information. COVID-19 Forum of the Canadian Public Health Association, Online, April 2021. |
| Entry Date | 26-05-2021 11:17 |
| Latest update | 2023-03-20: Ongoing- MA student (Marie-Laurence Nolin) working on this project full-time until May 2023 |
