@article{fdi:010090167,
  title = {{M}anagement of the {COVID} crisis in {R}eunion {I}sland ({SW} {I}ndian {O}cean) : representations of {COVID}-19 and acceptance of public health measures},
  author = {{J}unot, {A}. and {C}habanet, {P}ascale and {R}idde, {V}al{\'e}ry},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ontext: {T}he coronavirus pandemic ({COVID}-19) has caused a major health crisis, requiring the implementation of various public health measures in order to slow the spread of the virus and reduce the associated mortality. {H}owever, the success of these measures depends on people's acceptance of them. {T}his research aimed at understanding people's representations of {COVID}-19 and its crisis management, and ultimately at understanding their attitudes toward health measures for counteracting the spread of {COVID}-19 in {R}eunion {I}sland together with the behaviours expected of them.{M}ethod: {U}sing {R}andom {D}igit {D}ialling, a qualitative study was conducted with 53 inhabitants between {F}ebruary and {M}ay 2021. {T}he {COREQ} checklist was followed. {A} dual textometric and manual thematic analysis was adopted in order to identify representations of {COVID} and the management of the crisis.{R}esults: {S}ome respondents perceived {COVID}-19 as a serious disease, while others saw it as a banal virus or even doubted its existence. {A} perceived ineffectiveness of public health measures and the incompetency of public actors predominated in the participants' discourse.{C}onclusions: {T}hus, there was a considerable lack of trust and negative attitudes toward health measures, possibly influencing people's acceptance and explaining numerous controversies. {T}his research examines the importance of considering people's representations of the health situation in order to improve people's acceptance of protective measures.},
  keywords = {{COVID}-19 ; social representations ; health measure ; acceptance ; {REUNION}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}ealth {P}sychology and {B}ehavioral {M}edicine},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {2252902 [20 p.]},
  ISSN = {2164-2850},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1080/21642850.2023.2252902},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090167},
}