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Correction to: Risk perception related to COVID-19 among the Iranian general population: an application of the extended parallel process model

BMC Public Health volume 21, Article number: 1993 (2021) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 19 October 2020

Correction to: BMC Public Health (2020) 20:1571.

http://orcid.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09681-7

It was highlighted that in the original article [1], in the Methods and Results sections of the Abstract, the word “threat” was erroneously written as “treat” in the below two sentences. The original article has been updated.

Abstract (methods)

To collect data an electronic self-designed questionnaire based on the EPPM was used in order to measure the risk perception (efficacy, defensive responses, perceived threat) related to the COVID-19.

Abstract (results)

The results revealed significant differences in efficacy, defensive responses, and perceived threat among different population groups particularly among those aged 60 and over.

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  1. Jahangiry, et al. Risk perception related to COVID-19 among the Iranian general population: an application of the extended parallel process model. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:1571. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09681-7.

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  1. Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Leila Jahangiry

  2. Health Education and Health Promotion Department, School of Public Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Leila Jahangiry, Fatemeh Bakhtari, Parvin Reihani & Sirous Samei

  3. Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Zahara Sohrabi

  4. Faculty of Social Sciences, Imec-mict Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Koen Ponnet

  5. Population Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Montazeri

  6. Faculty of Humanity Sciences, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Montazeri

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Jahangiry, L., Bakhtari, F., Sohrabi, Z. et al. Correction to: Risk perception related to COVID-19 among the Iranian general population: an application of the extended parallel process model. BMC Public Health 21, 1993 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11903-5

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