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Public Opinion on European Health Policy, Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Abstract Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal to their su... view more
Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal to their success. Our paper investigates the European citizens' opinion on health policy, focusing on their preference for European health policy during the coronavirus pandemic. The paper uses bibliometric analysis, descriptive statistics, and logistic regression to discuss the public opinion on health policy, the factors of influence, the change in perspectives between 2020 and 2021, and the socio-demographic profile of those favorable for the development of a European health policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our findings show that citizens from southern and central European countries are more likely to prioritize the development of a European health policy, as compared to Nordic countries. Between 2020 and 2021, pro-European health policy citizens profile changes and becomes clearer, from pensioners to young working age males with medium education. In general, people prioritizing a European health policy value health as the most important issue at a national level are generally satisfied with the European Union and do not trust their national government.... view less
Keywords
Eurobarometer; epidemic; contagious disease; EU; public opinion; health policy; vulnerability
Classification
Health Policy
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Corona; Covid-19; Corona-Virus; vulnerable groups; logistic regression; Eurobarometer 93.1 (2020) (ZA7649); Eurobarometer 94.3 (2021) (ZA7780)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-17
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2022) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084813
ISSN
1660-4601
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed