A Comparison of China's Risk Communication in Response to SARS and H7N9 Using Principles Drawn from International Practice

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 587-598

  Qiu, Wuqi ^a   Chu, Cordia ^b   Hou, Xiaohui ^c   Rutherford, Shannon ^b   Zhu, Bin ^d   Tong, Zhendong ^e   Mao, Ayan ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Chinese Center for Health Education ^*  (China)

^d Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Zhoushan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; emergency management; H7N9; risk communication; SARS

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CORONAVIRINAE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 85030872951     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2017.114     Document Type: Article

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