COVID-19 contact tracing applications: An analysis of individual motivations for adoption and use: An analysis of individual motivations for adoption and use

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Abstract

In attempts to remediate the COVID-19 pandemic, governments internationally released contact tracing and exposure notification mobile applications seeking to limit the transmission of the disease by recording app users’ contact with other apps users. To address user adoption and usage challenges, we conducted a qualitative study of approximately 300 users and 300 non-users of one such contact tracing application, ABTraceTogether, a regional app for Alberta, Canada. This article highlights four of our main findings at the individual user level: having a sense of individual agency, trust in the application developers and sponsors, belief in the efficacy of the app and altruism or pro-social beliefs. These findings are useful for application developers to target development and promotional issues to address adoption and usage challenges.

Original languageEnglish
JournalFirst Monday
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jun. 2022

Keywords

  • COVID-19, contact tracing app, contact tracing, exposure notification app, m-heath, user adoption, mobile media

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