Pandemic influenza in Australia: Using telephone surveys to measure perceptions of threat and willingness to comply

Barr, Margo; Raphael, Beverley; Taylor, Melanie; Stevens, Garry; Jorm, Louisa; Giffin, Michael; Lujic, Sanja

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-117

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“…This finding was inconsistent with a study conducted by Barr et al (2008) and found that there were no differences between the perceptions of men and women. However it was matched with another study that was done in USA and found that women were more likely to be concerned about the spread of swine flu than men.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of El-Minia university students towards pandemic H1N1, Egypt, 2009

Kamal

Seedhom

2011

J Public Health

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Aim This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of El-Minia university students regarding H1N1 and its preventive measures. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,312 students of El-Minia University chosen by a stratified systematic random sample in the period from 5 October to 11 November, 2009. A questionnaire about knowledge, attitudes and practice towards H1N1 was completed by students. The statistical Program SPSS for Windows version 11 had been used in analysis. Results 60.2% of students answered <4 questions correctly and 39.8% answered ≥4 correctly. Increase in the level of knowledge was associated with more willingness to comply with home isolation (p<0.001). 87.7% of students carried out one or more of recommended behaviors in the past 4 days. Conclusion The results support efforts to inform students about specific actions that can reduce the risks from swine flu.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of El-Minia university students towards pandemic H1N1, Egypt, 2009

Kamal

Seedhom

2011

J Public Health

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“…They also found that education had an effect on the difference between the genders [12]. Barr et al reported that in 200 families surveyed by the New South Wales Department of Health, the risk perception during an avian influenza pandemic was 45.5% especially for themselves and their families [21]. In our study, we did not find a significant difference between genders when we evaluated the risk perception of the study group.…”

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“…The perception of nonspecialist people apart from the scientific and technical view for the risks is not objective [20]. In various studies, different risk perception results have been found [9,12,21]. Rubin et al, in their study performed at the beginning of a pandemic, found that the risk perception of the public is very high (21%) [9].…”

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An evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of employees of a university hospital in an H1N1 influenza pandemic

Omer

Savaş

Motor

et al. 2014

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning the transmission routes of an H1N1 pandemic and the protective measures of health professionals at a university hospital in Turkey. Methodology: A stratified systematic sampling method was used to select the sample size of the study group. A total of 22 professors, 29 researchers, and 26 nurses were included in the study. Results: The mean scores of the individuals were 8.4±2.5 (over 20) for knowledge about H1N1 transmission, 27.6±4.0 (over 60) for knowledge about protection against H1N1, 25.8±4.2 (over 45) for correct or appropriate attitudes, and 33.6±8.9 (over 60) for correct behaviors. A negative correlation between total knowledge and behavior was found (p < 0.001, r = -0.543). Conclusions: In epidemics, standard protection measures should be known and applied. Regarding this topic, the web page of the Ministry of Health comes to the forefront as a reliable source of information in addition to scientific explanations.

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“…This is often attributed to a sense of invulnerability in young people, resulting in higher levels of risk-taking behaviour. Older people were more likely to report that they would perform self-protective behaviours in the event of a future avian influenza outbreak or future influenza pandemic (Lau, 2007;Barr, 2008). A potential explanation may be that older people feel more susceptible to being affected by disease (Barr, 2008) and that this personal vulnerability may be projected to their horses, resulting in higher levels of biosecurity compliance.…”

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Horse owners’ biosecurity practices following the first equine influenza outbreak in Australia

Schemann¹,

Taylor²,

Toribio³

et al. 2011

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

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A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 759 Australian horse owners to determine their biosecurity practices and perceptions one year after the 2007 equine influenza outbreak and to investigate the factors influencing these perceptions and practices. A web link to an online questionnaire was sent to 1224 horse owners as a follow-up to a previous study to obtain information about biosecurity perceptions and practices, impacts of the 2007 EI outbreak, demographic information and information about horse industry involvement. Ordinal logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine factors associated with poor biosecurity practices. Biosecurity compliance (low, medium, high), as determined by horse owners' responses to a 16-item question on the frequency of various biosecurity measures, was used as the outcome variable in ordinal logistic regression analyses. Variables with a univariable p-value ≤0.2 were eligible for inclusion in multivariable models built using a manual stepwise approach. Variables with a p-value <0.05 in multivariable models were retained in the final model. Two potential confounders -age and gender of participants-were included in the final model irrespective of their p-values.Thirty percent of the respondents had low biosecurity compliance and were performing biosecurity practices 'not very often' or 'never'. Younger people, people with two or more children, those who were not involved with horses commercially and those who had no long-term business impacts resulting from the 2007 EI outbreak were more likely to have lower biosecurity compliance. People 2 who were not fearful of a future outbreak of equine influenza in Australia and those who thought their current hygiene and access control practices were not very effective in protecting their horses also had poor biosecurity practices.In this observational study we identified factors associated with a group of horse owners with low levels of biosecurity compliance. As this cross-sectional study only assesses associations, the identified factors should be further investigated in order to be considered in the design of extension activities to increase horse owners' biosecurity compliance.Keywords: Biosecurity; Equine; Owner perceptions; Ordinal logistic regression. 1.Introduction:In late August 2007, Australia experienced its first ever outbreak of equine influenza (EI), a highly contagious respiratory disease affecting all members of the equidae family. The outbreak followed the importation of infected horses from Japan and subsequent escape of the virus from the Eastern Creek quarantine facility in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) (Callinan, 2008). The virus spread through major parts of the state of NSW and into south eastern Queensland during the course of the outbreak. The outbreak lasted for four months from the initial confirmation of the virus in the general population on 24th August 2007 until the last case was detected in Queensland on 25th December 2007. In order to control, contain and eradicate the disease, the ...

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Pandemic influenza in Australia: Using telephone surveys to measure perceptions of threat and willingness to comply

Cited by 162 publications

References 12 publications

Knowledge, attitude and practice of El-Minia university students towards pandemic H1N1, Egypt, 2009

Knowledge, attitude and practice of El-Minia university students towards pandemic H1N1, Egypt, 2009

An evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of employees of a university hospital in an H1N1 influenza pandemic

Horse owners’ biosecurity practices following the first equine influenza outbreak in Australia

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