List of Figures and Tables ix About the...

List of Figures and Tables	ix
About the Editors	xi
About the Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Section 1. Understanding COVID-19: Behaviors, Perceptions, and Solutions
Chapter 1. Perceptions of a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on American and Finnish Societies
James Hawdon, Donna Sedgwick, C. Cozette Comer and Pekka Räsänen	3
Chapter 2. Planned Behavioral Changes to Mitigate COVID-19’s Effects
James Hawdon	15
Chapter 3. Which Factors Contributed to the COVID-19 Outbreak to Become a Global Pandemic?
Pekka Räsänen and Aki Koivula	29
Chapter 4. Public Priorities During a Pandemic: Cross-national Comparisons
C. Cozette Comer	49
Section 2. Media as a Complicating Factor
Chapter 5. Trust in Experts According to Media Consumption and Government Satisfaction in the United States and Finland
Aki Koivula, Eetu Marttila and Pekka Räsänen	65
Chapter 6. COVID-19 and the Flames of Hate
James Hawdon	85
Section 3. COVID-19 and the Public: Well-being, Compliance, and Health Outcomes
Chapter 7. Coping, Well-being, and COVID-19
Donna Sedgwick	107
Chapter 8. Compliance with Protective Health Behaviors During COVID-19: Variations Over Time and by Country
Donna Sedgwick	125
Chapter 9. The Pandemic’s Effects in Finland and the United States: The Long-term Consequences of Early Perceptions and Behaviors
James Hawdon and Donna Sedgwick	143
Section 4. A Look Ahead
Chapter 10. A Look Ahead: How to Better Handle the Next Pandemic and Other Crises
James Hawdon, Donna Sedgwick, C. Cozette Comer and Pekka Räsänen	171
Methodological Appendix	183
Index	199

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