https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/b1dcf01e534cc33fed92dd6f0e26a807.pdf 1e4827c2c0749e0d89cea2ed98603aa9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Risk Communication Effectiveness During COVID-19 Pandemic Among General Population in Saudi Arabia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Almuzaini Y, Mushi A, Aburas A, Yassin Y, Alamri F, Alahmari A, Yezli S, Khan AA, Jokhdar HA Description An account of the resource Yasir Almuzaini,1 Abdulaziz Mushi,1 Alhanouf Aburas,1 Yara Yassin,1 Fahad Alamri,1 Ahmed Alahmari,1 Saber Yezli,1 Anas A Khan,1,2 Hani A Jokhdar3 1Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, 12341, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, 12372, Saudi Arabia; 3Deputyship of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Yasir AlmuzainiGlobal Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaTel +966567761011Email Almuzaini.Yasir1@gmail.comPurpose: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19), declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020, is an unprecedented occurrence in our recent history. Effective risk communication by health authorities, through relaying reliable and authoritative information, is imperative in combating the spread of the outbreak. We aimed to measure the effectiveness of risk communication campaign and overall awareness during COVID-19 pandemic among the general population in Saudi Arabia.Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 5472 individuals in Saudi Arabia was conducted to assess several factors regarding the risk communication messages during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the knowledge and response of the general population toward COVID-19 and MoH efforts. The questionnaire was divided into five main sections: general knowledge of COVID-19, channels and social media platforms used perceived risk and stress or panic toward COVID-19, satisfaction and community perception, most trusted source of information, and type of information received.Results: A total of 5472 individuals participated in the study residing in Saudi Arabia. Overall knowledge of COVID-19 was determined to be above average (0.58 + 0.159). Of the general population, 57.1% perceived that the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 is low, while nearly half of the respondents (45.7%) have a high level of stress and panic toward COVID-19. The majority of responders to the questionnaire reinforced that MoH was their most trusted source of information for the COVID-19 pandemic (91.7%).Conclusion: This study showed that the risk communication campaign by healthcare authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic has improved the awareness among the general population in Saudi Arabia, where the overwhelming majority placed high trust in the MoH as its main reference for COVID-19 information.Keywords: COVID-19, risk communication, awareness, Saudi Arabia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource Saudi Arabia, awareness, covid-19, Risk communication Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Biotemas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine