Should health organizations use web 2.0 media in times of an infectious disease crisis? An in-depth qualitative study of citizens' information behavior during an EHEC outbreak

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Van Velsen, Lex ^a   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a   Beaujean, Desirée J M A ^a   Wentzel, Jobke ^a   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Foodborne diseases; Health communication; Information dissemination; Information seeking behavior; Social networking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84872484280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2123     Document Type: Article

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