Will they just pack up and leave? Attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Seale, Holly ^a   Leask, Julie Leask ^b   Po, Kieren ^c   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STAFF TRAINING; ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349083542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-30     Document Type: Article

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