Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore

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 teleph...

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Autores principales: Quah, Stella R., Hin-Peng, Lee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030714
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030418
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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, ≥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.
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spelling pubmed-33229252012-04-17 Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore Quah, Stella R. Hin-Peng, Lee Emerg Infect Dis Perspective 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, ≥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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3322925/ /pubmed/15030714 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030418 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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