Penny Yang

ORCID: 0000-0002-2330-2330
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Research Areas
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Literature Analysis and Criticism
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Media in Health Education

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
2020-2023

Background During a global pandemic, it is critical that the public able to rapidly acquire new and accurate health information. The internet major source of eHealth literacy ability individuals find, assess, use information available on internet. Objective goals this study were assess coronavirus-related examine relationship between COVID-19−related knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAPs). Methods We conducted web-based survey representative sample 1074 US adults. adapted 8-item Literacy...

10.2196/25042 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021-02-19

Background A central component of the public health strategy to control COVID-19 pandemic involves encouraging mask wearing and social distancing protect individuals from acquiring transmitting virus. Objective This study aims understand psychological factors that drive adoption or rejection these protective behaviors, which can inform interventions pandemic. Methods We conducted an online survey a representative sample 1074 US adults assessed three novel potential predictors behaviors:...

10.2196/23488 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021-04-06

Background Effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since early 2021 yet many Americans refuse or delayed uptake. As of mid-2022, still around 30% US adults remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. The majority (81%) these say they will “definitely not” be getting the vaccine. Understanding determinants vaccine uptake is critical to reducing death and illness from virus, as well inform future efforts, such more recent bivalent (omicron) booster. Objective This study aimed expand our...

10.2196/45980 article EN cc-by JMIR Formative Research 2023-08-15

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since early 2021 yet many Americans refuse or delayed uptake. As of mid-2022, still around 30% US adults remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. The majority (81%) these say they will “definitely not” be getting the vaccine. Understanding determinants vaccine uptake is critical to reducing death and illness from virus, as well inform future efforts, such more recent bivalent (omicron) booster. </sec>...

10.2196/preprints.45980 preprint EN 2023-01-25

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> During a global pandemic, it is critical that the public able to rapidly acquire new and accurate health information. The internet major source of eHealth literacy ability individuals find, assess, use information available on internet. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> goals this study were assess coronavirus-related examine relationship between COVID-19−related knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAPs). <title>METHODS</title> We conducted web-based survey...

10.2196/preprints.25042 preprint EN cc-by 2020-10-20

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> A central component of the public health strategy to control COVID-19 pandemic involves encouraging mask wearing and social distancing protect individuals from acquiring transmitting virus. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims understand psychological factors that drive adoption or rejection these protective behaviors, which can inform interventions pandemic. <title>METHODS</title> We conducted an online survey a representative sample 1074 US adults...

10.2196/preprints.23488 preprint EN cc-by 2020-08-13
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