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Article: Changes in knowledge, perceptions, preventive behaviours and psychological responses in the pre-community outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic
Title | Changes in knowledge, perceptions, preventive behaviours and psychological responses in the pre-community outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic | ||||
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Keywords | Attitudes general public Hong Kong (China) human swine flu (influenza A H1N1) knowledge pandemic perceptions practices preventive measures | ||||
Issue Date | 2011 | ||||
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HYG | ||||
Citation | Epidemiology And Infection, 2011, v. 139 n. 1, p. 80-90 How to Cite? | ||||
Abstract | To investigate the changes in community responsiveness during the pre-community-outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic in Hong Kong, a pooled sample of 999 adults was interviewed in three surveys (S1, S2, S3) from 7 May to 6 June 2009. Over time, fewer people felt confident in staying free from H1N1 infection in the following year (S1, 63.3%; S3, 46%; P<0.001). The level of distress due to H1N1 remained modest throughout the study period. People's confidence in the government's ability to control a large-scale H1N1 outbreak declined slightly at the third survey (S1, 80.5%; S3, 73.8%; P=0.025). Across the three surveys, respondents remained vigilant with frequent adoption of preventive measures (e.g. wearing face masks in public areas when suffering from influenza-like symptoms and frequent hand-washing). The public was generally supportive of the Hong Kong government although misconceptions regarding the disease were common. Provision of evidence-based public-health education is still warranted as the disease outbreak unfolds. | ||||
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/145804 | ||||
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.830 | ||||
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Funding Information: The authors thank all participants of this study. Thanks are extended to Mr Nelson Yeung for help with the editing of the paper, Mr Tony Yung and Mr Johnson Lau for assistance in the preparation of the questionnaire, Ms. M. W. Chan, Mr Mason Lau, and Ms. Cheri Tong for coordination of the telephone survey, and all colleagues who served as telephone interviewers of this study. The study was supported by the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases from the Food and Health Bureau. |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, JTF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Griffiths, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Au, DWH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, KC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-19T06:52:34Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-19T06:52:34Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Epidemiology And Infection, 2011, v. 139 n. 1, p. 80-90 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0950-2688 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/145804 | - |
dc.description.abstract | To investigate the changes in community responsiveness during the pre-community-outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic in Hong Kong, a pooled sample of 999 adults was interviewed in three surveys (S1, S2, S3) from 7 May to 6 June 2009. Over time, fewer people felt confident in staying free from H1N1 infection in the following year (S1, 63.3%; S3, 46%; P<0.001). The level of distress due to H1N1 remained modest throughout the study period. People's confidence in the government's ability to control a large-scale H1N1 outbreak declined slightly at the third survey (S1, 80.5%; S3, 73.8%; P=0.025). Across the three surveys, respondents remained vigilant with frequent adoption of preventive measures (e.g. wearing face masks in public areas when suffering from influenza-like symptoms and frequent hand-washing). The public was generally supportive of the Hong Kong government although misconceptions regarding the disease were common. Provision of evidence-based public-health education is still warranted as the disease outbreak unfolds. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HYG | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Epidemiology And Infection | - |
dc.rights | Epidemiology And Infection. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | - |
dc.subject | Attitudes | - |
dc.subject | general public | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong (China) | - |
dc.subject | human swine flu (influenza A H1N1) | - |
dc.subject | knowledge | - |
dc.subject | pandemic | - |
dc.subject | perceptions | - |
dc.subject | practices | - |
dc.subject | preventive measures | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Epidemics | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Influenza, Human - epidemiology - prevention and control - psychology | - |
dc.title | Changes in knowledge, perceptions, preventive behaviours and psychological responses in the pre-community outbreak phase of the H1N1 epidemic | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0950268810001925 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20800008 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79952115433 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 180634 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 139 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 80 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 90 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000285467600010 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0950-2688 | - |