Public Understanding, Perceptions, and Information Sources about Bioterrorism: Pilot Study from the Republic of Serbia

Nenadić, Una Radovanović; Teodorović, Smilja

doi:10.1089/hs.2019.0046

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“…Women were more engaged in information seeking activities than men, as was also found in the case of the A (H1N1) epidemic [26]. The internet preference over television as information source was previously identified in the research on Serbian publics' opinion about bioterrorism [15]. Obtained results could be explained by the fact that since all respondents were recruited online, they represent preselected internet users.…”

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“…Although Serbian officials followed WHO Guidelines and collaborated with the experts from the China following the declaration of the state of emergency, and have urged Serbian citizens to do the same, the public was not prepared for an epidemic. Even though history testifies to a small number of serious epidemics and researchers have found evidences of poor knowledge and preparedness of Serbian public about epidemics [13,14] and infectious agents used as biological weapons [15], little has been done to prevent epidemics and pandemics. Given that Serbia suffered great losses in the May 2014 floods, the most of the government attention was focused to emergency management in general.…”

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Preparedness and Preventive Behaviors for a Pandemic Disaster Caused by COVID-19 in Serbia

Cvetković

Nikolić

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The disease was first detected in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, in December 2019 and has since spread globally, especially to Europe and North America, resulting in the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic disaster of 2019–2020. Although most cases have mild symptoms, there is some progression to viral pneumonia and multi-organ failure and death. More than 4.6 million cases have been registered across 216 countries and territories as of 19 April 2020, resulting in more than 311,000 deaths. Risk to communities with continued widespread disease transmission depends on characteristics of the virus, including how well it spreads between people; the severity of resulting illness; and the medical or other measures available to control the impact of the virus (for example, vaccines or medications that can treat the illness) and the relative success of these. In the absence of vaccines or medications, non-pharmaceutical interventions were the most important response strategy based on community interventions such as person-to-person distancing, mask-wearing, isolation and good personal hygiene (hand-washing)—all of which have been demonstrated can reduce the impact of this seemingly unstoppable globally spreading natural disaster. This paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding the level of citizen preparedness for disasters caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Serbia. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire that was requested and then collected online among 975 respondents during disaster in April 2020. The questionnaire examined citizens’ basic socio-economic and demographic characteristics, their knowledge, preparedness, risk perception and preventive measures taken individually and as a community to prevent the death and widespread transmission of novel coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Serbia. Based on the findings that there are major differences in the public’s perception of risks posed by communicable disease threats such as presented by COVID-19, emergency management agencies should use these differences to develop targeted strategies to enhance community and national preparedness by promoting behavioral change and improving risk management decision-making.

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Preparedness and Preventive Behaviors for a Pandemic Disaster Caused by COVID-19 in Serbia

Cvetković

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Nenadić³

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“…Thus, knowledge of the concepts, modes of transmission, and epidemiological characteristics of bioterrorism should be enhanced among public groups to raise public awareness of bioterrorism. It has been argued that the public is important for effective knowledge dissemination, but their understanding of and attitudes toward bioterrorism lack widespread attention (56). A study also pointed out that in addition to national military training, it is important to ensure that a country's citizens are equipped to effectively respond to bioterrorism (57).…”

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with bioterrorism preparedness in healthcare workers: a systematic review

Li,

Zhang,

Yao

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionBioterrorism is an important issue in the field of biosecurity, and effectively dealing with bioterrorism has become an urgent task worldwide. Healthcare workers are considered bioterrorism first responders, who shoulder essential responsibilities and must be equipped to deal with bioterrorism. This study aims to extract and summarize the main research components of the bioterrorism knowledge, attitude, and practice dimensions among healthcare workers.MethodThis study utilized a systematic review research design based on the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. A literature search was conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases for peer-reviewed literature, and the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 2018 was used to assess the quality of the literature.ResultA total of 16 studies were included in the final selection. Through the analysis and summary of the included studies, three main aspects and 14 subaspects of the knowledge dimension, three main aspects and 10 subaspects of the attitude dimension, and two main aspects and six subaspects of the practice dimension were extracted.ConclusionThis study conducted a literature review on bioterrorism knowledge, attitudes, and practices for healthcare workers based on the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The findings can guide improvements in health literacy and provide beneficial information to professional organizations that need to respond effectively to bioterrorism.

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“…Biological and non-biological factors affect the values of the examined biomarkers in populations [Freitas Leal JK, 2017]. The most important are genetics, public policies and regulations (vaccination campaigns), health (financing, diagnosis and treatment of diseases), life habits (smoking, physical activity, hydration of the organism), social and environmental factors (bioterrorism, hygiene, environmental pollution, infections, drugs, nutrition, religion and ethnicity) [Radovanovic-Nenadic U, 2020; Ramaswami R, 2018].…”

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Monthly physical activity and storage time affect enzyme acetylcholinesterase activity in Plasma and Whole blood samples of healthy elderly subjects

Jovičić

2020

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BackgroundPhysical activity influence protein concentration and AChE level in human blood. The aim of this study was to assess influence of continuous monthly physical activity in healthy elderly individuals.MethodsData analysis was performed on total 62 participants. Participants differ based on gender and age. Level of activation and inhibition of enzyme AChE in blood has been measured utilizing substrate acetylcholine chloride (AChCL) and inhibitor eserine 0.1mM. The study has been expanded to investigate efficacy of enzyme AChE inhibition with BW284c51 0.01mM inhibitor.Data analysis is carried out with Microsoft excel 2007. Statistical software for analysis is IBM SPSS v 23.0. Descriptive statistics (mean +-SD) and parametric statistical tests (Pearson, Linear stepwise regression, T test and One way ANOVA) were assessed before and after 3 months of physical activity.ResultsContinual monthly physical activity has an effect on in vitro protein concentration, activation/inhibition of enzyme AChE in plasma and whole blood samples. Usage of diverse statistical test indicated diverse interpretation of final results.ConclussionOverall outcome confirms that monthly sport activity causes change of protein concentration and enzyme AChE activity in blood samples, making it a good strategic biomarker in health and disease. Physical activity has a beneficial effect on human wellbeing and disease prevention in healthy elderly individuals.

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Public Understanding, Perceptions, and Information Sources about Bioterrorism: Pilot Study from the Republic of Serbia

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Preparedness and Preventive Behaviors for a Pandemic Disaster Caused by COVID-19 in Serbia

Preparedness and Preventive Behaviors for a Pandemic Disaster Caused by COVID-19 in Serbia

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with bioterrorism preparedness in healthcare workers: a systematic review

Monthly physical activity and storage time affect enzyme acetylcholinesterase activity in Plasma and Whole blood samples of healthy elderly subjects

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