Fearing or fearsome Ebola communication? Keeping the public in the dark about possible post-21-day symptoms and infectiousness could backfire

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 458-471

  Johnson, Branden B ^a   Slovic, Paul ^a,b  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; health communication; quarantine; risk; risk perception; trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84951906932     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2015.1113237     Document Type: Article

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