Taipei's use of a multi-channel mass risk communication program to rapidly reverse an epidemic of highly communicable disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Yen, Muh Yong ^a,b   Wu, Tsung Shu Joseph ^c,d   Chiu, Allen Wen Hsiang ^a,b   Wong, Wing Wai ^a   Wang, Po En ^e   Chan, Ta Chien ^c   King, Chwan Chuen ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Luke International Norway   (Norway)

^e Keelung City Government   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ADOLESCENT; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71049126196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007962     Document Type: Article

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