Attitudes and perceptions of the population of Havana about COVID-19

Authors

  • Juan Rubén Herrera-Masó Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Vicerrectoría Académica. Dirección de Ciencia e innovación Tecnológica. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0259-0708
  • Alain Manuel Chaple-Gil Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento Carrera de Estomatología. La Habana, Cuba. Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Temuco, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8571-4429
  • Ernesto Boris Rodríguez-Ledesma Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento Carrera de Estomatología. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-0263
  • Luisa Hernández-Alarcón Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Vicerrectoría Académica. Dirección de Ciencia e innovación Tecnológica. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-2259
  • Carlos L. Pérez-Hernández Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Bioquímica. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-6843
  • Gisselle Fernández-Peña Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Bioquímica. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5339-8118
  • Nidia Márquez-Morales Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Vicerrectoría Académica. Dirección de Ciencia e innovación Tecnológica. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2249-4801

Keywords:

risk perception, causes, population, COVID-19.

Abstract

Introduction: Any strategy designed to increase the perception of risk involves processes of change or modification of the underlying attitudes.
Objective: To explore the attitudes and perceptions of the population of Havana about COVID-19.
Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in a population of 2012 citizens of Havana who, anonymously and voluntarily, answered an online questionnaire distributed on social networks between May and June 2021. Variables on demographic characterization and those related to the object of study were used grouped into causes to which they attribute the current epidemiological situation: social, state and external. The chi-square statistical test and the corrected residuals model were used.
Results: Participants from the municipalities of "Playa" (14.1%), "Plaza de la Revolución" (13.2%) and "Diez de Octubre" (12.7%) were the most frequent. The 3 predominant causes according to more than 80 % were "Violation of social distancing", "Breakdown of social discipline" and "Celebration and festivities". Of the state dimension, violations of social distancing, opening of airports and elimination of active investigations stood out. 43.5 % of the responses to 14 of the 32 indicated by those surveyed are related to the population's low perception of risk.
Conclusions: It is not possible to attribute the epidemiological situation due to COVID-19 in Havana, only to the low perception of risk in society; This is a multicausal phenomenon with causes attributed to state action / inaction and social behavior.

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2021-12-15

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Herrera-Masó JR, Chaple-Gil AM, Rodríguez-Ledesma EB, Hernández-Alarcón L, Pérez-Hernández CL, Fernández-Peña G, et al. Attitudes and perceptions of the population of Havana about COVID-19. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 May 9];50(4):e02101722. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1722

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Vol. 50 No. 4 (2021): October - December

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