Identifying the public's concerns and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's reactions during a health crisis: An analysis of a Zika live Twitter chat

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1709-1711

  Glowacki, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Lazard, Allison J ^c   Wilcox, Gary B ^a,b   Mackert, Michael ^a,b,d   Bernhardt, Jay M ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health messaging; Social media

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84995944905     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.025     Document Type: Article

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