Perceptions of capacity for infectious disease control and prevention to meet the challenges of dengue fever in the face of climate change: A survey among CDC staff in Guangdong Province, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 295-302

  Tong, Michael Xiaoliang ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a   Hanson Easey, Scott ^a   Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Cameron, Scott ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^b   Liu, Xiaobo ^b   Sun, Yehuan ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Han, Gil Soo ^d   Williams, Craig ^e   Bi, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Climate change; Dengue fever; Infectious disease control and prevention

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

ADULT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENGUE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962852721     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.043     Document Type: Article

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