Published on in Vol 23 , No 9 (2021) :September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28975, first published .
Association Between What People Learned About COVID-19 Using Web Searches and Their Behavior Toward Public Health Guidelines: Empirical Infodemiology Study

Association Between What People Learned About COVID-19 Using Web Searches and Their Behavior Toward Public Health Guidelines: Empirical Infodemiology Study

Association Between What People Learned About COVID-19 Using Web Searches and Their Behavior Toward Public Health Guidelines: Empirical Infodemiology Study

Ikpe Justice Akpan 1 * , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu 2 * , MD, MPH, PhD ;   Yawo Mamoua Kobara 3 * , BSc, MSc ;   Rouzbeh Razavi 4 * , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Asuama A Akpan 5 * , BSc, MA ;   Murali Shanker 4 * , BSc, MSc, PhD

1 Department of Management & Information Systems , Kent State University , New Philadelphia , OH , US

2 Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Department , Yale School of Medicine , Yale University , New Haven , CT , US

3 Statistical and Actuarial Sciences , Western University , London , ON , CA

4 Department of Management & Information Systems , Kent State University , Kent , OH , US

5 Research and Development , Ibom International Center for Research and Scholarship , Windsor , ON , CA

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Ikpe Justice Akpan, BSc, MSc, PhD
  • Department of Management & Information Systems
  • Kent State University
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  • Email: iakpan@kent.edu