Public information needs after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210 in London: cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis

Rubin, G. James; Page, Lisa; Morgan, Oliver; Pinder, Richard; Riley, Paul R.; Hatch, Stephani L.; Maguire, Helen; Catchpole, Mike; Simpson, John C.; Wessely, Simon

doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.455243.be

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“…For the staff group, a common request was for a ‘real person’ to inform them about the situation and to explain and answer questions. Similar results have previously been found elsewhere 7 . In terms of their practical implications, these findings may have most relevance for public health organisations tasked with dealing with any future major incident.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Equally, it may be a mistake to assume that everyone should receive the same type of information. Previous work has demonstrated that an individual’s desire for information about a given health risk, and the type of information that they want, can be determined by social and demographic factors and by the individual’s perception of the amount of risk that they face 5 , 7 …”

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confidence: 99%

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New Influenza A/H1N1 (“Swine Flu”): information needs of airport passengers and staff

Dickmann

Rubin

Gaber

et al. 2010

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

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Please cite this paper as: Dickmann et al. (2010) New Influenza A/H1N1 (“Swine Flu”): information needs of airport passengers and staff. . Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 5(1), 39–46. Background Airports are the entrances of infectious diseases. Particularly at the beginning of an outbreak, information and communication play an important role to enable the early detection of signs or symptoms and to encourage passengers to adopt appropriate preventive behaviour to limit the spread of the disease. Objectives To determine the adequacy of the information provided to airport passengers and staff in meeting their information needs in relation to their concerns. Methods At the start of the influenza A/H1N1 epidemic (29–30 April 2009), qualitative semi‐structured interviews (N = 101) were conducted at Frankfurt International Airport with passengers who were either returning from or going to Mexico and with airport staff who had close contact with these passengers. Interviews focused on knowledge about swine flu, information needs and fear or concern about the outbreak. Results The results showed that a desire for more information was associated with higher concern – the least concerned participants did not want any additional information, while the most concerned participants reported a range of information needs. Airport staff in contact with passengers travelling from the epicentre of the outbreak showed the highest levels of fear or concern, coupled with a desire to be adequately briefed by their employer. Conclusions Our results suggest that information strategies should address not only the exposed or potentially exposed but also groups that feel at risk. Identifying what information these different passenger and staff groups wish to receive will be an important task in any future infectious disease outbreak.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Influenza A/H1N1 (“Swine Flu”): information needs of airport passengers and staff

Dickmann

Rubin

Gaber

et al. 2010

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

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“…Inevitably, this meant that the response rates for these surveys were low, although not unusually low. 35,39,40 Whether participants were psychologically representative of the general population is uncertain.…”

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confidence: 99%

The impact of communications about swine flu (influenza A H1N1v) on public responses to the outbreak: results from 36 national telephone surveys in the UK.

Rubin

Potts²,

Michie³

2010

Health Technol Assess

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Objectives:To assess the association between levels of worry about the possibility of catching swine flu and the volume of media reporting about it; the role of psychological factors in predicting likely uptake of the swine flu vaccine; and the role of media coverage and advertising in predicting other swine flu-related behaviours. Design: Data from a series of random-digit-dial telephone surveys were analysed. A time series analysis tested the association between levels of worry and the volume of media reporting on the start day of each survey. Cross-sectional regression analyses assessed the relationships between likely vaccine uptake or behaviour and predictor variables. Setting: Thirty-six surveys were run at, on average, weekly intervals across the UK between

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“…Through careful handling of the situation-and then over a period of many months-HPA staff worked to allay the British public's fears by characterizing the event as a targeted murder and then rapidly identifying and screening selected members of the public [26]. In the USA, the RSB undertook an effort to identify and screen US citizens returning from London who could potentially have been contaminated with 210 Po.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Polonium-210 Public Health Assessment: The Need for Medical Toxicology Expertise in Radiation Terrorism Events

Nemhauser

2010

J. Med. Toxicol.

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Public information needs after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210 in London: cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis

Cited by 56 publications

References 16 publications

New Influenza A/H1N1 (“Swine Flu”): information needs of airport passengers and staff

New Influenza A/H1N1 (“Swine Flu”): information needs of airport passengers and staff

The impact of communications about swine flu (influenza A H1N1v) on public responses to the outbreak: results from 36 national telephone surveys in the UK.

The Polonium-210 Public Health Assessment: The Need for Medical Toxicology Expertise in Radiation Terrorism Events

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