Selected article for: "direct contact and disease severity"
Author: Li, Richun; Xie, Ruiqian; Yang, Chong; Frost, Melinda
Title: Perceptions on the risk communication strategy during the 2013 avian influenza A/H7N9 outbreak in humans in China: a focus group study
  • Document date: 2016_7_11
    • ID: 0xd6fer0_26
    Snippet: When asking what information released by health agencies was most helpful, almost all participants mentioned preventive methods. "The information telling us how to protect ourselves from getting infected is most helpful, such as washing hands more frequently, avoiding direct contact with birds and chickens, and things like that." Some participants also valued the information about the evolving outbreak trends which helped them assess the disease .....
    Document: When asking what information released by health agencies was most helpful, almost all participants mentioned preventive methods. "The information telling us how to protect ourselves from getting infected is most helpful, such as washing hands more frequently, avoiding direct contact with birds and chickens, and things like that." Some participants also valued the information about the evolving outbreak trends which helped them assess the disease severity. "I paid very close attention to the overall outbreak situation, it helped me to judge if the disease was spreading very quickly just like SARS did." Some participants expressed their appreciation for information about H7N9 transmission routes. One said, "When I heard that H7N9 does not transmit from person

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