The perceived effectiveness of MERS-CoV educational programs and knowledge transfer among primary healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Aldohyan, Meshal ^a   Al Rawashdeh, Nedal ^a,b   Sakr, Farouk M ^c   Rahman, Saeed ^a   Alfarhan, Ali I ^a   Salam, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^c Dental Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Education; Knowledge transfer; MERS; Primary health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; WORK EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85063341800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3898-2     Document Type: Article

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