Examining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of domestic and international university students towards seasonal and pandemic influenza
Open Access
- 26 April 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 12 (1), 307
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-307
Abstract
Prior to the availability of the specific pandemic vaccine, strategies to mitigate the impact of the disease typically involved antiviral treatment and “non-pharmaceutical” community interventions. However, compliance with these strategies is linked to risk perceptions, perceived severity and perceived effectiveness of the strategies. In 2010, we undertook a study to examine the knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, practices and barriers towards influenza and infection control strategies amongst domestic and international university students.Keywords
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