Preventive Behaviors Toward COVID-19 Among Iranian People and the Factors Affecting It

The present study was conducted with the aim of describing and explaining the extent of preventive behaviors of the Iranian people against coronary heart disease. In this study, theories of planned behavior (Ajzen & Fishbein) and decision theory (March) have been used to explain individual and collective preventive behaviors. The research method was by survey and the statistical population of this study is all people aged 15 years and older in 1399. Using Cochran's formula, the sample size was estimated to be 1600 people. The sampling method is "multi-stage sampling. The findings showed that 10% and 12% of people, respectively, do not observe individual behaviors and collective health behaviors. According to the results of structural equation modeling (PLS software), among the variables affecting preventive behaviors of individuals, the variable of perceived behavior control with a coefficient of 0.24 and being employed (compared to not being employed) with a coefficient of 0.23 show a significant relationship. In the next level of influence, the variables of job security and gender (being a woman) are both with a coefficient of 0.10 and Social panic with a coefficient of 0/07. Finally, the variables of ethnicity, media consumption and willingness to act had no direct effect on preventive behavior.