Sources, perceived usefulness and understanding of information disseminated to families who entered home quarantine during the H1N1 pandemic in Victoria, Australia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kavanagh, Anne M ^a   Bentley, Rebecca J ^a   Mason, Kate E ^a   McVernon, Jodie ^a   Petrony, Sylvia ^a   Fielding, James ^b,c,d   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a   Studdert, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUARANTINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650744456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-2     Document Type: Article

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