Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54383, first published .
Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index

Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index

Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index

Suladda Pongutta   1 , PhD ;   Viroj Tangcharoensathien   1 , PhD ;   Kathy Leung   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Heidi J Larson   5, 6, 7 , PhD ;   Leesa Lin   2, 3, 5 , PhD

1 International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Muang, Nonthaburi, Thailand

2 WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

3 Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited (D24H), Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong SAR, China

4 The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

5 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

6 Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

7 Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Suladda Pongutta, PhD
  • International Health Policy Program
  • Ministry of Public Health
  • Muang
  • Nonthaburi
  • Thailand
  • Phone: 66 25902376
  • Fax: 66 25902385
  • Email: suladda@ihpp.thaigov.net