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The unprecedented emergency determined by the COVID-19 pandemic required national governments to enact countermeasures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease. Nevertheless, several research studies highlighted the acceptance issues and short- and long-term consequences of restrictions such as lockdown orders, social distancing, contact tracing, and face masks. In this paper, we present the results of a study in which we analyzed individuals’ knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding the health-safety measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we outline the human factors that can play a key role in designing solutions that have better usability and result in higher compliance from users.
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Farber, T., Christen, L., Caporusso, N. (2021). Evaluating Users’ Perception of Health-Safety Measures Against Pandemics. In: Kalra, J., Lightner, N.J., Taiar, R. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_79
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