Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Quah, Stella R. ; Hin-Peng, Lee
• Description:
  We discuss crisis prevention and management during the first 3 months of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore. Four public health issues were considered: prevention measures, self-health evaluation, SARS knowledge, and appraisal of crisis management. We conducted telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,201 adults, > or = 21 years of age. We found that sex, age, and attitude (anxiety and perception of open communication with authorities) were associated with practicing preventive measures. Analysis of Singapore's outbreak improves our understanding of the social dimensions of infectious disease outbreaks.
• Subjects:
  Adult Disease Outbreaks Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Middle Aged Questionnaires Self Concept Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):364-368.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Singapore
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a7ec335f506ea749a8b2130ed552da9e59076ac82c82b8774e5ea178b88e0199
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14380/cdc_14380_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 46.52 KB ]