Avian influenza: Risk, preparedness and the roles of public health nurses in Hong Kong

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-6

  Ho, Georgina ^a   Parker, Judith ^b  

^a Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Pandemic; Preparedness; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTACT TRACING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645134938     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Review

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