Coordination and resource-related difficulties encountered by Quebec's public health specialists and infectious diseases/medical microbiologists in the management of A (H1N1) - A mixed-method, exploratory survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nhan, Charles ^a   Laprise, Réjean ^b   Douville Fradet, Monique ^c,d   MacDonald, Mary Ellen ^e   Quach, Caroline ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Office of Continuing Professional Development   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d Association des Medecins Specialistes en Sante Publique et Medecine Preventive du Quebec ^*  (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza; Management; Mixed methods exploratory survey; Pandemic; Physicians' perceptions; Public health emergency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PANDEMICS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856774727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-115     Document Type: Article

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