Media use and communication inequalities in a public health emergency: A case study of 2009–2010 pandemic influenza a virus subtype H1N1

Public Health Reports

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-60

  Lin, Leesa ^a,b   Jung, Minsoo ^a,c   McCloud, Rachel F ^a,b   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PANDEMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84922232827     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549141296S408     Document Type: Article

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