Australian Hajj pilgrims' infection control beliefs and practices: Insight with implications for public health approaches

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 329-334

  Alqahtani, Amani S ^a,b   Sheikh, Mohamud ^c   Wiley, Kerrie ^a,b   Heywood, Anita E ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facemask; Hajj; Health advice; Qualitative study; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERCEPTION; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; ISLAM; MASK; PROCEDURES; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISLAM; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939566214     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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