The more the better? A comparison of the information sources used by the public during two infectious disease outbreaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Jardine, Cynthia G ^a   Boerner, Franziska U ^b   Boyd, Amanda D ^c   Driedger, S Michelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH LITERACY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALBERTA; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 84949255883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140028     Document Type: Article

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