{"id":9707,"date":"2021-05-10T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=9707"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:41:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:41:45","slug":"the-role-of-media-sources-for-covid-19-information-on-engaging-in-recommended-preventive-behaviors-among-medicare-beneficiaries-aged-%e2%89%a5-65-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/05\/10\/the-role-of-media-sources-for-covid-19-information-on-engaging-in-recommended-preventive-behaviors-among-medicare-beneficiaries-aged-%e2%89%a5-65-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Media Sources for COVID-19 Information on Engaging in Recommended Preventive Behaviors among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged \u2265 65 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most participants (59%) in a survey of Medicare beneficiaries over age 65 (n = 8,050) administered between June and July 2020 reported relying on traditional news sources (TV, radio, websites, newspapers) for COVID-19 information; other less commonly reported sources included healthcare providers (11%), government officials (11%), webpages\/internet (9%), friends\/family members (9%), and social media (1%). Participants who relied on government officials for COVID-19 information (vs. traditional news sources) were more likely to engage in preventive behaviors (OR = 1.7), while those who relied on information from friends\/family were less likely to engage in preventive behaviors (OR = 0.6).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ng and Park. (May 2021). The Role of Media Sources for COVID-19 Information on Engaging in Recommended Preventive Behaviors among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged \u2265 65 Years. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geronb\/gbab083\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geronb\/gbab083<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most participants (59%) in a survey of Medicare beneficiaries over age 65 (n = 8,050) administered between June and July 2020 reported relying on traditional news sources (TV, radio, websites, newspapers) for COVID-19 information; other less commonly reported sources included healthcare providers (11%), government officials (11%), webpages\/internet (9%), friends\/family members (9%), and social media (1%)&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/05\/10\/the-role-of-media-sources-for-covid-19-information-on-engaging-in-recommended-preventive-behaviors-among-medicare-beneficiaries-aged-%e2%89%a5-65-years\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-9707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-public-health","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9708,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9707\/revisions\/9708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9707"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}