Infection Control Behavior at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study of a Web-Based Behavioral Intervention (Germ Defence)

Ben Ainsworth   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Sascha Miller   ³ , MSc ;   James Denison-Day   ³ , PhD ;   Beth Stuart   ⁴ , PhD ;   Julia Groot   ¹ , MSc ;   Cathy Rice   ³ , BSc ;   Jennifer Bostock   ⁵ , MA ;   Xiao-Yang Hu   ⁴ , PhD ;   Katherine Morton   ³ , PhD ;   Lauren Towler   ³ , MSc ;   Michael Moore   ⁴ , FRCGP ;   Merlin Willcox   ⁴ , DPhil, MRCGP ;   Tim Chadborn   ⁶ , PhD ;   Natalie Gold   ^{6, 7} , DPhil ;   Richard Amlôt   ⁸ , PhD ;   Paul Little   ⁴ , MD ;   Lucy Yardley   ^{3, 9} , PhD

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

² National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

³ School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

⁴ Primary Care Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

⁵ Policy Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

⁶ Public Health England Behavioural Insights, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

⁷ Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

⁸ Behavioural Science Team, Emergency Response Department Science and Technology, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

⁹ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom