SARS Risk Perception, Knowledge, Precautions, and Information Sources, the Netherlands

Brug, Johannes; Aro, Arja R.; Oenema, Anke; Zwart, Onno de; Richardus, Jan Hendrik; Bishop, George D.

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“…An open question "Please justify why you would be willing to take the risk you chose" was also asked. The instrument was largely based on the international SARS Psychosocial Research Consortium survey [15], with additional questions on risk perceptions: perceived personal and comparative risk of avian influenza, SARS, and infectious diseases in general; perceived risk of flu, other diseases, accidents, and other travel-related hazards; personal and comparative risk taking tendency; issues important in risk taking; perceived efficacy to prevent avian flu, SARS, and infectious diseases in general; and precautionary behaviors while on trip (for the items and the response categories, please see Table 1). Psychological scales included seven subscales of the Illness Attitudes Scales [13,16]: fear of illness (general reliability 0.91) [17], worry about illness (0.92), effects of symptoms (0.93), concern about pain (0.87), fear of disease (0.92), fear of death (0.89), and health habits (0.79); Short-form Anxiety Inventory (0.84) [18]; Life Orientation Test (0.78) [19].…”

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Willingness to Take Travel-Related Health Risks—A Study among Finnish Tourists in Asia during the Avian Influenza Outbreak

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Vartti²,

Schreck³

et al. 2009

Int.J. Behav. Med.

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Background Health risk perception and behavior of tourists during epidemics is a challenge for behavioral medicine.Purpose The purpose was to analyze associations of psychosocial factors and willingness to take health risks on holiday and business trips. Method Subjects (survey n=338) were Finnish tourists visiting South-East Asia during the avian influenza epidemic of 2004. On holidays, 13.8%, and on business trips, 6.3% would take (rather) high risks, 14.1% reported having tendency to take health risks. Willingness to take health risks on both kinds of trips was lower among those +40 years old than those <40. Comparatively high risk-taking tendency and high perceived HIV risk were related to the increased willingness to take health risks on both kinds of trips. Results On holidays, willingness to take health risks was related to trust in fate, and on business trips, this was also related to trust in God and less precautionary behavior of avoiding hand shaking, but also to higher estimation of other risks in life. Conclusion Younger travelers and those on holidays are willing to take more health risks than those who are older or on business trips. Travel advice during epidemics could be differentially targeted to different age groups and to holiday and business travelers.

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Willingness to Take Travel-Related Health Risks—A Study among Finnish Tourists in Asia during the Avian Influenza Outbreak

Aro

Vartti²,

Schreck³

et al. 2009

Int.J. Behav. Med.

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“…Lepp and Gibson (2003) report that men are less concerned about health and food-related risks than women. Women perceive higher travel risks and risk of experiencing natural disasters than men (Brug et al 2004;Mitchell and Vassos 1997). According to Kozak et al (2007), female tourists are more concerned about infectious disease, terrorist attack and natural disaster risks than male tourists.…”

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Differences in the Perceived Influence of Natural Disasters and Travel Risk on International Travel

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Reisinger

2010

Tourism Geographies

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This study explores the socio-demographic and economic differences in the perceived influences of natural disasters and travel risk on international travel. A sample of 354 visitors to South Florida was surveyed as to their perceptions of the influence of natural disasters and travel risk on international travel. A Principal Components Analysis identified two groups of natural disasters, 'Snow and fire ' and 'Wind and water', and two groups of perceived travel risk, 'Socio-cultural and psychological' and 'Physical'. A t-test

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“…For example, during the SARS outbreak in early 2003, most persons surveyed obtained information through the media and the Internet (22,145). Although the response of the CDC and other health agencies was much more organized for the SARS outbreak in the late spring of 2003 (87) immunization and high-risk patients could not obtain the vaccine (27).…”

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Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies

Glik

2007

Annu. Rev. Public Health

576

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This review defines crisis risk communication, traces its origins to a number of applied fields, and then shows how basic principles have become incorporated into emergency preparedness and risk communication for public health. Literature from four different disciplines that inform crisis risk communications are reviewed. These are (a) environmental risk communication, (b) disaster management, (c) health promotion and communication, and (d ) media and communication studies. Current curricula and training materials are briefly reviewed. Although this literature review suggests much progress has been made to incorporate and disseminate crisis risk communication principles into public health practice, and case studies suggest that public health workers have gained skills and experience, this emerging field still lacks in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of event-specific crisis risk communication efforts. 33

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SARS Risk Perception, Knowledge, Precautions, and Information Sources, the Netherlands

Cited by 487 publications

References 13 publications

Willingness to Take Travel-Related Health Risks—A Study among Finnish Tourists in Asia during the Avian Influenza Outbreak

Willingness to Take Travel-Related Health Risks—A Study among Finnish Tourists in Asia during the Avian Influenza Outbreak

Differences in the Perceived Influence of Natural Disasters and Travel Risk on International Travel

Risk Communication for Public Health Emergencies

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