Impact of COVID-19 on Health Behaviors: A Comprehensive Report

This report examines the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global health behaviors. It addresses the challenges faced by governments and individuals, focusing on critical health practices like social distancing, hand hygiene, and mask-wearing. The report delves into the psychological perspectives on encouraging social distancing, identifies key barriers to behavior change, and explores strategies to promote adherence to health guidelines. The main body of the report highlights the importance of health behaviors, particularly in the context of the pandemic, and discusses the role of social distancing in preventing the spread of the virus. It also analyzes the barriers, such as social gatherings and the reluctance of individuals to alter their habits, and proposes solutions including government regulations and the application of theories like the Theory of Reasoned Action to influence behavior. The conclusion underscores the importance of health and the necessity of adhering to health guidelines, emphasizing the role of social distancing and the need for ethical practices to protect public health. References to supporting literature are also provided.

In 2021 as the impacts
of COVID19 continue
to be felt across the
globe there are a
number of health
behavioural problems
faced by governments
and ins

Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
As at the recent times pandemic has taken the major impact on all the areas and the
coronavirus has taken the drastic change on the lifestyle and also the issues of the company.
There has been seen that all the areas and the health and the issues are being coming. There is
being noticed that people are there by being affected by this virus(Gever and et. al., 2021). And
it has already took thousands of life. This is being framed all over the globe and type major and
the drastic change has been emerged out in that recent time. This report will further cover the
impact that are being felt and the major psychologist perspective on encouraging social
distancing. This report will further cover the main issues and the barrier in it and also the ways
through which humans are being encouraged towards hand wash and use of sanitizers.
MAIN BODY
The health behaviour are the main agenda in all the areas as when this is being addressed
it is being clarified that there are various areas of concerns through which the work and the areas
are being maintained. Health is being the major region that all the individual keep in mind. In
today's area there are major implementation that are to the followed by the person as in order to
gain the enormous safety in the health at the time of COVID-19. They are like washing hand
daily , use of hand sanitizer and hand mask with that maintaining the social distancing. Among
all this Social distancing implicates that all person should try to maintain a proper distance with
the person in the general public area and in various sections. Even though it implies to avoid all
the social gatherings so as to maintain the natural and the preventive measure for the health and
the safety.
In this major time of COVID-19 the problems which use to arose is through coming in
contact with any other person and that can only be avoided through the social distancing. It
actually means the physical distancing that is being made so as to avoid all the crowded areas
and spaces and maintain the distance of about 1m from all the persons(.Mohamad and Azlan,
2020).
COVID-19 is mainly the virus that has emerged out and started affecting the persons
health and the daily lifestyles, as there s being see that the major area through which this is being

transmitted is thorough hands and the social gatherings. As there are no proper vaccines are
being made for this pandemic and it has affected globally all the areas and the basic regions. In
all this main ways the methods through which the public can be safe from this virus is by
wearing mask in there day to day life while meeting any person, washing the hands at an regular
interval of time, and maintaining the proper social distancing in all way possible. All this at times
helps out to stay away fro the reach of the virus.
The main barriers to the behaviour are,that there are so many people who are not being
involved in all such activities like as there are ,merely the nature and the recourse of the effecting
health. The major issue in all is Social distancing as it is the legality that there is the trend in all
over the areas which is like parties and clubbing and various social gatherings. As this is being
seen that in today time this is the major and the most been seen thing which became popular in
all the generations(Savage and et. al., 2020). The youth or the adults all are being involved on
the social gathering and this at most of the time create a major problem for all c;asses of person
and the varied lifestyles. The youth are also involved in clubbing overnight and making regular
weekend through which they try to create a fun environment for there self. But in the time of
COVID-19 the major issue that is being seen is that all the people ate forced to maintain the
social distancing from each other as this is being seen that all the virus and various disease are
being spread through the regularly coming in contact with individuals. As being analysed that all
such things like the normal and the variable habits of getting a chill time and meeting all the
friends and attending the night parties and other social events has became a major trend in all the
areas.
Social distancing is one of the most important element as normally to it helps out to
protect the person from various health diseases and in the recent time this is being the only way
through which the person can protect themself from all the sources and the areas of nature
(Gupta and et. al., 2020). But this is the toughest task to keep the general public away and in
distance as they are not ready for making such habits and behaviour. The main area about the
barriers are that people are not ready to stay alone and they are socially being involved and love
to stay in lifestyle of getting involved with all.
In order to overcome all such issues there should be taken appropriate steps being taken
as the government can there by impose certain laws and the penalties on the person so as to
maintain the social distancing on peak. With that the government can allocate and frame

different legal non-alignment and the methods through which the person will be scared to real
the rules of the social distancing . The major and the important area through which all such
methods and the working is being attained are the necessity covering. Social distancing is the
attunement and there can be applied various theory through which the public can aim to maintain
the social distancing. The person should avoid hugging or any physical or close contact with
public or there friends in any meetings and they should try to maintain the proper distance on
that regard. Through all such methods and the imposition of the restriction in the persons
behaviour will help put the person to protect themself(Abel and McQueen, 2020).
The main areas and the theories through which the government can impose all the
regulations and the actions in order to attain the areas of the culture and the development. The
main theory which can be taken in the implication is Theory of Reasoned Action it covers out all
the nature and the behaviour of the person through which the work and the actions are to be
maintained. It considers out all the attitude, subjective norms and all the intentions through
which the person can make the changes. The human behaviour and there cultural approaches are
to be kept in mind and this can be framed through all the methods like making them to adapt the
social distancing in there daily basis lifestyle. There has been analysed that it is the main
concerning pattern and the behaviour through which the work and the areas can be deaminated.
This implicates that all the individual should try to perceive an frame the course of nature in
which they can maintain the distancing in there attitude and the behavioural methods. The
framework in all such areas and the cultural aspects are to be kept in mind and there has to be
framed the duly recourse nature through which the work can be maintained and given.
As in this mean time where the world is being suffering from this major disease the most
important thing a person can do is maintain the social distancing in all way possible and this can
be proclaimed by making the work and the gatherings less and by staying at home in all way.
The government with all this is trying to implicate the areas through which they can frame and
impose certain restriction through which the COVID-19 will stay away from them and
government is trying to make the general public aware about the issue and the cause of such
disease (Pedersen and Favero, 2020).

CONCLUSION
From this above essay it has been concluded that health is the most important and the
concerned factor through which all the personal and the professional life is linked. As in in
COVID-19 the main agenda al the person should follow is to maintain the social distancing and
avoid all the areas in which the nature and the gatherings are being maintained. Furthermore it is
also analysed that there should be made various legal and the ethical practises throughput which
the social distancing is being maintained and people tends to strictly follow all such areas and the
activities.

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