Exploring barriers to and facilitators of preventive measures against infectious diseases among Australian Hajj pilgrims: Cross-sectional studies before and after Hajj

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-59

  Alqahtani, Amani S ^a,b   Wiley, Kerrie E ^a,b   Tashani, Mohamed ^a   Willaby, Harold W ^b   Heywood, Anita E ^c   BinDhim, Nasser F ^d   Booy, Robert ^a,e,f   Rashid, Harunor ^a,e,f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facemask; Hajj; Hand hygiene; Mass gathering; Pre travel health advice

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISLAM; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; MUSLIM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; RUBELLA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SUFFOCATION; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959422809     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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