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The first case of the NOVEL CORONAVIRUS disease (COVID-19) patient appeared in China in December 2019, besides this, it spread widely with a large proportion of elderly among the newly diagnosed cases last year. To confirm whether the mass media’s epidemic prevention education needs to be improved in its spread among middle-aged and elderly people, The research was conducted on 2582 Chinese people, who were asked about personal risk perception, self-efficacy, the effectiveness of protective equipment, availability of protective equipment and so on. Logistic binary analysis and logistic ordered analysis were employed to determine how favorably respondents of different age groups received epidemic prevention education, as well as predictions of implications of acceptance on epidemic prevention behavior. The results indicate that epidemic prevention education can improve individuals’ ability to protect themselves in public health emergencies, also shows that the mass media’s epidemic prevention education has a greater connection with individual prevention measures, but has slimmer coverage among the middle-aged and elderly, which needs to be improved. Therefore, the research suggests forward several topics which are valuable of application in the construction of the mass epidemic prevention media system while the process of combining design and sociology.
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Appendix: Questionnaire
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What is your gender? [Single choice] *
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Your age is? [Single choice] *
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Your qualification is [Single choice] *
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Where you live now? [Single choice] *
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Did you listen to the radio or watch TV in the last week? [Single choice] *
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Have you heard about the epidemic prevention of New Coronavirus pneumonia on radio or TV? [Single choice] *
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How many times do you hear epidemic prevention knowledge on radio or television in a day? [Single choice] *
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Do you use the mobile phone? [Single choice] *
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Have you seen any knowledge about New Coronavirus pneumonia in mobile phone? [Single choice] *
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How many times do you browse epidemic prevention knowledge on your mobile phone in a day? [Single choice] *
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Can you buy protective tools (e.g. masks, goggles, disinfectant) ? [Single choice] *
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Can you persuade relatives (parents or children) to take protective measures when traveling (e.g. wearing masks, goggles, washing hands frequently) ? [Single choice] *
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Do you think protective tools (such as mask, goggles, disinfectant) can prevent New Coronavirus pneumonia? [Single choice] *
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Do you buy protective tools (such as respirators, goggles, disinfectants) to prevent New Coronavirus pneumonia? [Single choice] *
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Do you think New Coronavirus pneumonia can be cured? [Single choice] *
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Lan, S., Li, J., Zhao, C. (2022). From the Perspective of Social Design: Research on the Construction of Mass Epidemic Prevention Media System for Elderly Groups. In: Rau, PL.P. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Business, Communication, Health, Well-being, and Inclusiveness. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13313. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06050-2_18
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