item: #1 of 73 id: cord-000011-seass3p0 author: Li, Xingming title: An analysis of hospital preparedness capacity for public health emergency in four regions of China: Beijing, Shandong, Guangxi, and Hainan date: 2008-09-20 words: 4584 flesch: 38 summary: The objective of this study is to understand the current status of hospital PHE preparedness in China. To understand the current status of hospital PHE preparedness in China, a sample survey of hospitals in four representative city/ provinces were conducted between November 2004 and March 2005. keywords: capacity; china; emergency; health; hospitals; medical; phe; preparedness; public; staff cache: cord-000011-seass3p0.txt plain text: cord-000011-seass3p0.txt item: #2 of 73 id: cord-000017-gcjgfasj author: Taylor, Melanie R title: Factors influencing psychological distress during a disease epidemic: Data from Australia's first outbreak of equine influenza date: 2008-10-03 words: 5887 flesch: 42 summary: Extremely high levels of non-specific psychological distress were reported by respondents in this study, with 34% reporting high psychological distress (K10 > 22), compared to levels of around 12% in the Australian general population. Analysis, using backward stepwise binary logistic regression analysis, revealed that those living in high risk infection (red) zones (OR = 2.00; 95% CI: 1.57–2.55; p < 0.001) and disease buffer (amber) zones (OR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.36–2.46; p < 0.001) were at much greater risk of high psychological distress than those living in uninfected (white zones). keywords: data; disease; distress; health; high; horse; industry; levels; population; study cache: cord-000017-gcjgfasj.txt plain text: cord-000017-gcjgfasj.txt item: #3 of 73 id: cord-000130-dqqcajjd author: Smith?, Robert J title: The OptAIDS project: towards global halting of HIV/AIDS date: 2009-11-18 words: 2388 flesch: 49 summary: Mathematical models of the economy tell us whether a decrease in income tax will result in an increase in investment or an increase in imported consumer goods. Mathematical models of the atmosphere tell us what the effects of carbon dioxide emissions or of nuclear wars may be. keywords: aids; epidemic; hiv; life; models; project cache: cord-000130-dqqcajjd.txt plain text: cord-000130-dqqcajjd.txt item: #4 of 73 id: cord-000244-wrru98zg author: Pfeil, Alena title: A cross-sectional survey to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among European travellers to resource-limited destinations date: 2010-07-07 words: 1744 flesch: 37 summary: key: cord-000244-wrru98zg authors: Pfeil, Alena; Mütsch, Margot; Hatz, Christoph; Szucs, Thomas D title: A cross-sectional survey to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among European travellers to resource-limited destinations date: 2010-07-07 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-402 sha: doc_id: 244 cord_uid: wrru98zg BACKGROUND: Influenza is one of the most common vaccine-preventable diseases in travellers. By performing two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys during winter 2009 and winter 2010 among European travellers to resource-limited destinations, we aimed to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding seasonal influenza vaccination. keywords: influenza; risk; travel; travellers; vaccination cache: cord-000244-wrru98zg.txt plain text: cord-000244-wrru98zg.txt item: #5 of 73 id: cord-000857-2qds187e author: Richardson, Katya L title: Indigenous populations health protection: A Canadian perspective date: 2012-12-20 words: 5097 flesch: 31 summary: With a commitment to inform public health policies for the promotion of population health, Pan-InfORM has prioritized initiatives to address the challenges of community health in protecting vulnerable populations from emerging infectious diseases. The academic research community will need to develop a new interdisciplinary framework, building upon concepts from ‘Communities of Practice’, to ensure that the research priorities are identified and targeted, and the outcomes are translated into the context of community health to improve policy and practice. keywords: aboriginal; canada; communities; health; infection; nations; pandemic; populations; public; research; workshop cache: cord-000857-2qds187e.txt plain text: cord-000857-2qds187e.txt item: #6 of 73 id: cord-000916-b22s00es author: Kelso, Joel K title: Economic analysis of pandemic influenza mitigation strategies for five pandemic severity categories date: 2013-03-08 words: 9173 flesch: 37 summary: The simulation model used in this study has been used in previous studies to examine various aspects of social distancing and pharmaceutical (antiviral and vaccine) pandemic influenza interventions Breakdown of pandemic costs shown as horizontal bar, for each intervention strategy and each severity category. keywords: closure; community; contact; costs; death; influenza; intervention; losses; pandemic; productivity; school; severity; strategies; total cache: cord-000916-b22s00es.txt plain text: cord-000916-b22s00es.txt item: #7 of 73 id: cord-001169-6sfleb1b author: Chan, Ta-Chien title: Spatio-temporal analysis on enterovirus cases through integrated surveillance in Taiwan date: 2014-01-08 words: 3808 flesch: 50 summary: The secular trend showed that the number of severe EV cases peaked in 2008, and the number of mild EV cases was significantly correlated with that of severe ones occurring in the same week In a time series model, the increase of mild EV cases was the significant predictor for the occurrence of severe EV cases. keywords: cases; enterovirus; ev-71; surveillance; taiwan cache: cord-001169-6sfleb1b.txt plain text: cord-001169-6sfleb1b.txt item: #8 of 73 id: cord-001355-up8ii8vw author: Schwind, Jessica S title: Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: comparing stakeholder perspectives date: 2014-07-04 words: 4997 flesch: 24 summary: The rapid survey included questions regarding perspectives on priority interfaces, challenges, and opportunities for conducting wildlife zoonotic pathogen surveillance in each country (Additional file 1). Studies have shown that countries conducting wildlife pathogen surveillance are more likely to understand the disease dynamics within their borders and thereby may be better equipped to limit the risk of pathogen spillover across wildlife, domestic animal, and keywords: capacity; health; interfaces; officials; project; scientists; surveillance; wildlife; zoonotic cache: cord-001355-up8ii8vw.txt plain text: cord-001355-up8ii8vw.txt item: #9 of 73 id: cord-001506-2gzi3fo9 author: Davies, Jane title: “Only your blood can tell the story” – a qualitative research study using semi- structured interviews to explore the hepatitis B related knowledge, perceptions and experiences of remote dwelling Indigenous Australians and their health care providers in northern Australia date: 2014-11-28 words: 7642 flesch: 36 summary: Indigenous individual's repeatedly expressed a desire for increased knowledge and insight into the ability of this knowledge to reduce disempowerment and improve Hepatitis B specific health literacy. Although not directly translatable to other cultures, it is likely that the modified factors highlighted in Figure 3 will be of greater importance to those people living with CHB from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, particularly if they are receiving care in a country where the language of health care is not their own first language. keywords: care; chb; clinic; communication; community; health; hepatitis; knowledge; language; literacy; people; understanding cache: cord-001506-2gzi3fo9.txt plain text: cord-001506-2gzi3fo9.txt item: #10 of 73 id: cord-001634-mi5gcfcw author: Davis, Mark D M title: Beyond resistance: social factors in the general public response to pandemic influenza date: 2015-04-29 words: 6684 flesch: 42 summary: The research aimed to identify how members of the general public respond to pandemic influenza so that public health communications can be designed to engage with how its audiences respond to risk messages and how they enact hygiene, social isolation and related measures. Using qualitative methods, this paper investigates how members of the general public respond to pandemic influenza and the hygiene, social isolation and other measures proposed by public health. keywords: communications; focus; general; health; infection; influenza; members; pandemic; people; public; research; risk cache: cord-001634-mi5gcfcw.txt plain text: cord-001634-mi5gcfcw.txt item: #11 of 73 id: cord-004106-tuyzhhwx author: Schmid, Marc title: Effect of trauma-informed care on hair cortisol concentration in youth welfare staff and client physical aggression towards staff: results of a longitudinal study date: 2020-01-07 words: 6775 flesch: 37 summary: Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a milieu-therapeutic approach that aims to promote the self-efficacy and self-care of youth welfare staff by guiding them to a better understanding of their own and their clients’ stress symptoms and countertransference. Besides addressing the needs of traumatised individuals, TIC further aims to promote the self-efficacy and work related resilience of youth welfare staff, by guiding them to a better understanding of their countertransference and personal stress symptoms and by promoting their self-care keywords: aggression; care; hcc; institutions; staff; stress; study; tic; training; trauma; welfare; youth; youth welfare cache: cord-004106-tuyzhhwx.txt plain text: cord-004106-tuyzhhwx.txt item: #12 of 73 id: cord-004638-ijncfuxi author: Wang, Yuheng title: Vaccination coverage with the pneumococcal and influenza vaccine among persons with chronic diseases in Shanghai, China, 2017 date: 2020-03-19 words: 4381 flesch: 37 summary: Influenza vaccination coverage was 0.3, 0.5 and 0.9% for those with 1, 2, or 3 conditions (p < 0.001). Influenza vaccination coverage was comparatively low across all districts, ranging from 0.1% in Fengxian to 0.8% in Xuhui. keywords: chronic; coverage; disease; influenza; patients; shanghai; vaccination; vaccine cache: cord-004638-ijncfuxi.txt plain text: cord-004638-ijncfuxi.txt item: #13 of 73 id: cord-009604-pdctikjg author: DeLacy, Jack title: The social determinants of otitis media in aboriginal children in Australia: are we addressing the primary causes? A systematic content review date: 2020-04-15 words: 5147 flesch: 34 summary: Boulder region of Western Australia Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a semi-arid area of Western Australia: a cohort study Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related bacteria in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children Environments for health: a salutogenic approach Building trust and sharing power for co-creation in aboriginal health research: a stakeholder interview study Social determinants of indigenous health. A case study of enhanced clinical care enabled by aboriginal health research: the hearing, EAr health and language services (HEALS) project Deadly Futures: Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child ear health framework Addressing social determinants of health: challenges and opportunities in a value-based model Screening and referral for low-income families' socal determinants of health by US pediatricians Social prescribing Incorporating data from dissertations in systematic reviews Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Authors' contributions All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. keywords: aboriginal; children; determinants; health; housing; literature; research cache: cord-009604-pdctikjg.txt plain text: cord-009604-pdctikjg.txt item: #14 of 73 id: cord-028048-0oqv2jom author: Rguig, Ahmed title: Establishing seasonal and alert influenza thresholds in Morocco date: 2020-06-29 words: 5805 flesch: 40 summary: While several statistical methods are commonly used, there is no gold standard for calculating influenza epidemic thresholds. Can syndromic thresholds provide early warning of national influenza outbreaks? Methods for monitoring influenza surveillance data A routine tool for detection and assessment of epidemics of influenza-like syndromes in France A statistical algorithm for the early detection of outbreaks of infectious disease Do CuSums have a role in routine communicable disease surveillance? keywords: activity; data; epidemic; ili; influenza; mem; method; season; surveillance; threshold cache: cord-028048-0oqv2jom.txt plain text: cord-028048-0oqv2jom.txt item: #15 of 73 id: cord-031017-xjnbmah5 author: Van Goethem, N. title: Perceived utility and feasibility of pathogen genomics for public health practice: a survey among public health professionals working in the field of infectious diseases, Belgium, 2019 date: 2020-08-31 words: 8494 flesch: 27 summary: Previous surveys in the field of public health genomics focused on: human genomics Whole genome sequencing in clinical and public health microbiology High throughput genomic and proteomic technologies in the fight against infectious diseases The potential of whole genome NGS for infectious disease diagnosis Rapid, comprehensive, and affordable mycobacterial diagnosis with wholegenome sequencing: a prospective study Transforming clinical microbiology with bacterial genome sequencing Routine Whole-Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigations of Staphylococcus aureus in a Utility of Whole-Genome Sequencing of Escherichia coli O157 for Outbreak Detection and Epidemiological Surveillance The challenges of implementing an integrated One Health surveillance system in Australia The One Health Approach-Why Is It So Important Needs Assessment for Research Use of High-Throughput Sequencing at a Large Academic Medical Center Knowledge, attitudes, and values among physicians working with clinical genomics: a survey of medical oncologists European survey on knowledge and attitudes of public health professionals on public health genomics: Pilot Study Evidence-based design and evaluation of a whole genome sequencing clinical report for the reference microbiology laboratory How ownership rights over microorganisms affect infectious disease control and innovation: A root-cause analysis of barriers to data sharing as experienced by key stakeholders Survey on the Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Infectious Diseases Surveillance: Rapid Expansion of European National Capacities Outcome of EC/EFSA questionnaire (2016) on use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for food-and waterborne pathogens isolated from animals, food, feed and related environmental samples in EU/EFTA countries LimeSurvey: An Open Source survey tool. keywords: control; data; diseases; field; genomics; health; level; ngs; participants; pathogen; pathogen genomics; public; sequencing; surveillance; survey cache: cord-031017-xjnbmah5.txt plain text: cord-031017-xjnbmah5.txt item: #16 of 73 id: cord-048319-yxhk1qm3 author: Podin, Yuwana title: Sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in Sarawak, Malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years date: 2006-07-07 words: 4848 flesch: 54 summary: HEV71 outbreaks have been reported in Sarawak in 1997, Taiwan in 1998, Perth in 1999, then in Singapore, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan in 2000 It was also the aim of this programme to provide data of practical value for doctors and public health personnel with a view to efficient and effective virological surveillance of HEV71, in particular, to provide an early warning system for HEV71 outbreaks. keywords: cases; disease; enterovirus; genogroup; hev71; hfmd; outbreaks; sarawak; specimens; swabs cache: cord-048319-yxhk1qm3.txt plain text: cord-048319-yxhk1qm3.txt item: #17 of 73 id: cord-252675-axio9zna author: Van, Debbie title: University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009 date: 2010-03-14 words: 3253 flesch: 43 summary: key: cord-252675-axio9zna authors: Van, Debbie; McLaws, Mary-Louise; Crimmins, Jacinta; MacIntyre, C Raina; Seale, Holly title: University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009 date: 2010-03-14 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-130 sha: doc_id: 252675 cord_uid: axio9zna BACKGROUND: In a pandemic young adults are more likely to be infected, increasing the potential for Universities to be explosive disease outbreak centres. Hence, understanding of and outbreak management in such institutions are essential to minimise the impact of pandemic influenza in both the institution and its surrounds. keywords: h1n1; health; influenza; pandemic; respondents; staff; students; survey cache: cord-252675-axio9zna.txt plain text: cord-252675-axio9zna.txt item: #18 of 73 id: cord-253814-9hu5k31y author: Nhan, Charles title: Coordination and resource-related difficulties encountered by Quebec's public health specialists and infectious diseases/medical microbiologists in the management of A (H1N1) - a mixed-method, exploratory survey date: 2012-02-10 words: 3935 flesch: 33 summary: -the Manitoba experience Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: a failure Lessons learnt from pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination Severe acute respiratory syndrome and the delivery of continuing medical education: case study from Toronto A pandemic of hindsight? Pre-publication history The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here Coordination and resource-related difficulties encountered by Quebec's public health specialists and infectious diseases/medical microbiologists in the management of A (H1N1) -a mixed-method, exploratory survey We are extremely thankful for the participation of the members of both the AMMIQ and AMSSCQ in the survey. We report the results of a secondary analysis of this exploratory survey, describing AMMIQ and AMSSCQ members' perceptions of critical issues in regards to pandemic management, and highlight suggested improvements. keywords: communication; data; health; management; pandemic; ph1n1; physicians; practice; public cache: cord-253814-9hu5k31y.txt plain text: cord-253814-9hu5k31y.txt item: #19 of 73 id: cord-256750-5m7psxri author: Park, Hye Yoon title: Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression of survivors 12 months after the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea date: 2020-05-15 words: 4571 flesch: 44 summary: However, no studies have investigated the mental health status of MERS survivors. The present study was part of a prospective nationwide cohort study of MERS survivors conducted at multicenters in the Republic of Korea. keywords: depression; health; mers; months; outbreak; ptsd; study; survivors cache: cord-256750-5m7psxri.txt plain text: cord-256750-5m7psxri.txt item: #20 of 73 id: cord-258435-lhn34tc4 author: Tracy, C Shawn title: Public perceptions of quarantine: community-based telephone survey following an infectious disease outbreak date: 2009-12-16 words: 3726 flesch: 41 summary: Likewise, we continue to learn from historical analyses of the 1918 influenza pandemic, with one recent study providing strong support for the hypothesis that early implementation of public health measures such as quarantine can significantly reduce influenza transmission Prior to the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), it had been more than 50 years since mass quarantine measures had been invoked in North America [1] . keywords: disease; health; measures; public; quarantine; sars; use cache: cord-258435-lhn34tc4.txt plain text: cord-258435-lhn34tc4.txt item: #21 of 73 id: cord-262190-velir6gb author: Hickey, Jason title: Pandemic preparedness: perceptions of vulnerable migrants in Thailand towards WHO-recommended non-pharmaceutical interventions: a cross-sectional study date: 2014-06-28 words: 4795 flesch: 43 summary: Certain groups of migrants may be particularly vulnerable to pandemic influenza due to traditions in raising poultry and swine, poor personal hygiene and sanitation, low levels of health knowledge and awareness, and limited access to health care The WHO technical consultation on public health measures during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic highlights the need for risk communication materials to be adapted, tested and approved for local use ahead of time ([1], p.23). keywords: data; health; influenza; measures; migrants; npis; pandemic; preparedness; thailand cache: cord-262190-velir6gb.txt plain text: cord-262190-velir6gb.txt item: #22 of 73 id: cord-262413-jm4qmpeg author: Mao, Suling title: Epidemiological analysis of 67 local COVID-19 clusters in Sichuan Province, China date: 2020-10-08 words: 4072 flesch: 43 summary: Main presentations of confirmed cases involved in the clusters in Sichuan included fever, respiratory and systemic symptoms, basically corresponding to the reported clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases, and no characteristic clinical symptom was seen The epidemiological characteristics of 67 local clusters of COVID-19 cases in Sichuan Province reported as of March 17, 2020 were described and analyzed. keywords: asymptomatic; cases; clusters; covid-19; disease; period; sichuan cache: cord-262413-jm4qmpeg.txt plain text: cord-262413-jm4qmpeg.txt item: #23 of 73 id: cord-263353-4mnsjbib author: Maman, Issaka title: Implementation of Influenza-like illness Sentinel Surveillance in Togo date: 2014-09-20 words: 4525 flesch: 49 summary: Table 3 Distribution of influenza viruses confirmed and ILI patients Influenza A was predominant in 2010 with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm 09 in our study; this observation was similar to that of other countries in West Africa Of the 955 samples, 236 (24.7%) tested positive for influenza viruses; with 136 (14.2%) positive for influenza A and 100 (10.5%) positive for influenza B. The highest influenza positive percentage (30%) was observed in 5–14 years old and patients aged 0–4 and >60 years had the lowest percentage (20%). keywords: h1n1; ili; influenza; pandemic; patients; samples; sentinel; study; surveillance cache: cord-263353-4mnsjbib.txt plain text: cord-263353-4mnsjbib.txt item: #24 of 73 id: cord-267485-1fu1blu0 author: Lazarus, Ross title: Distributed data processing for public health surveillance date: 2006-09-19 words: 4774 flesch: 37 summary: The focus of this report is on the model used to collect surveillance data while providing maximum protection for PHI, so the statistical methods we use in the NDP, which have been described elsewhere [4] are not discussed further here. Despite the exemption, data providers may be unwilling to offer identifiable data for surveillance purposes in the face of increasing awareness of the potential costs of inadvertent disclosure or inappropriate use of PHI. keywords: data; health; phi; processing; provider; public; software; surveillance cache: cord-267485-1fu1blu0.txt plain text: cord-267485-1fu1blu0.txt item: #25 of 73 id: cord-267978-05hxrpi1 author: Nuzzo, Jennifer B. title: What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? Results from a scoping review date: 2019-10-17 words: 5582 flesch: 35 summary: The remaining 26 papers were not threat-specific, but rather articulated general principles for strengthening health systems and described baseline capacities required for health system functioning. key: cord-267978-05hxrpi1 authors: Nuzzo, Jennifer B.; Meyer, Diane; Snyder, Michael; Ravi, Sanjana J.; Lapascu, Ana; Souleles, Jon; Andrada, Carolina I.; Bishai, David title: What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? keywords: capacities; disease; ebola; health; healthcare; jee; literature; outbreak; public; resilience; review; system cache: cord-267978-05hxrpi1.txt plain text: cord-267978-05hxrpi1.txt item: #26 of 73 id: cord-269476-lrk4ty99 author: Mohammed, Abdulaziz title: An evaluation of psychological distress and social support of survivors and contacts of Ebola virus disease infection and their relatives in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross sectional study − 2014 date: 2015-08-27 words: 3930 flesch: 43 summary: In a descriptive cross sectional study, we used General Health Questionnaire to assess psychological distress and Oslo Social Support Scale to assess social support among 117 participants who survived EVD, listed as EVD contacts or their relatives at Ebola Emergency Operation Center in Lagos, Nigeria. The evaluation could not interview the anticipated number of relatives because some of the contacts did not inform their immediate family members about their status as EVD contacts and therefore could not be interviewed. keywords: contacts; distress; evd; health; relation; study; survivors cache: cord-269476-lrk4ty99.txt plain text: cord-269476-lrk4ty99.txt item: #27 of 73 id: cord-270184-bq5p2gs6 author: Alrubaiee, Gamil Ghaleb title: Knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, and preventive behaviours towards COVID-19 among health care providers in Yemen: an online cross-sectional survey date: 2020-10-13 words: 5572 flesch: 46 summary: Part (1) the socio-demographic characteristics such as age, sex, occupation, education level, years of working experience, and sources of COVID-19 related knowledge. Interesting, the current study indicated lower anxiety level results compared to other studies that were carried out during the outbreak as reported by Huang and Zhao keywords: anxiety; attitude; behaviours; covid-19; hcps; knowledge; level; respondents; study cache: cord-270184-bq5p2gs6.txt plain text: cord-270184-bq5p2gs6.txt item: #28 of 73 id: cord-271295-24rn45rf author: Shoja, Esmail title: Covid-19 effects on the workload of Iranian healthcare workers date: 2020-11-02 words: 3248 flesch: 53 summary: Moreover, health care workers feel chronic fear of infection due to this virus's contagious nature, unknown transmission modes, close contact with patients, and getting infection from their colleagues [6] . Health workers who encountered COVID- 19 patients, were subjected to more task load compared to those who had no contact with COVID- 19 patients at the workplace (p < 0.001). keywords: covid-19; health; nasa; patients; study; tlx cache: cord-271295-24rn45rf.txt plain text: cord-271295-24rn45rf.txt item: #29 of 73 id: cord-279376-0x4zrfw3 author: Cherrie, Mark P. C. title: Pathogen seasonality and links with weather in England and Wales: a big data time series analysis date: 2018-08-28 words: 5401 flesch: 39 summary: The detection of seasonality in pathogen time series data and the identification of relevant weather predictors can improve forecasting and public health planning. key: cord-279376-0x4zrfw3 authors: Cherrie, Mark P. C.; Nichols, Gordon; Iacono, Gianni Lo; Sarran, Christophe; Hajat, Shakoor; Fleming, Lora E. title: Pathogen seasonality and links with weather in England and Wales: a big data time series analysis date: 2018-08-28 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5931-6 sha: doc_id: 279376 cord_uid: 0x4zrfw3 BACKGROUND: Many infectious diseases of public health importance display annual seasonal patterns in their incidence. keywords: analysis; correlation; data; england; pathogens; salmonella; seasonality; temperature; time; variables; weather cache: cord-279376-0x4zrfw3.txt plain text: cord-279376-0x4zrfw3.txt item: #30 of 73 id: cord-281339-enoyoorn author: Shu, Yuelong title: A ten-year China-US laboratory collaboration: improving response to influenza threats in China and the world, 2004–2014 date: 2019-05-10 words: 3801 flesch: 25 summary: From 2006 to 2014, the network laboratories substantially increased the number of specimens processed annually from 38,039 to 455,180, the number of specimens tested for influenza viruses by real-time RT-PCR from 0 to 397,150, and the number of influenza viruses isolated from specimens collected within the influenza surveillance system from 3565 to 28,685 (Fig. 3) . Built on the existing influenza surveillance network, CNIC developed an influenza identification platform which can detect all types/subtypes of influenza viruses including zoonotic infections. keywords: china; cnic; influenza; network; surveillance; system; uscdc; virus; viruses cache: cord-281339-enoyoorn.txt plain text: cord-281339-enoyoorn.txt item: #31 of 73 id: cord-281367-qm5a5c4b author: Des Jarlais, Don C title: Patterns of HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in the cross-border area of Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and Ning Ming County, Guangxi Province, China date: 2005-08-24 words: 3589 flesch: 54 summary: Prevention of risky injections among border crossing IDUs will require very good supplies of sterile injection equipment on both sides. HIV infection has been reported among IDUs in over 100 countries [1] . keywords: border; china; cross; drug; hiv; idus; lang; use; vietnam cache: cord-281367-qm5a5c4b.txt plain text: cord-281367-qm5a5c4b.txt item: #32 of 73 id: cord-288610-a9ju5mzx author: Ding, Guisheng title: The challenge of maintaining microscopist capacity at basic levels for malaria elimination in Jiangsu Province, China date: 2018-04-12 words: 3737 flesch: 40 summary: However, the current capacity of microscopists to manage malaria cases in hospitals and public health facilities to meet the surveillance needs to eliminate and prevent the reintroduction of malaria is unknown. Remarkable progress has been achieved in China since the National Malaria Elimination Action Plan was launched in 2010, and reported malaria cases have declined rapidly; only 3116 malaria cases were reported in 2015 keywords: cases; china; county; elimination; hospitals; jiangsu; malaria; township cache: cord-288610-a9ju5mzx.txt plain text: cord-288610-a9ju5mzx.txt item: #33 of 73 id: cord-290421-9v841ose author: Weston, Dale title: Examining the application of behaviour change theories in the context of infectious disease outbreaks and emergency response: a review of reviews date: 2020-10-01 words: 9917 flesch: 31 summary: key: cord-290421-9v841ose authors: Weston, Dale; Ip, Athena; Amlôt, Richard title: Examining the application of behaviour change theories in the context of infectious disease outbreaks and emergency response: a review of reviews date: 2020-10-01 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09519-2 sha: doc_id: 290421 cord_uid: 9v841ose BACKGROUND: Behavioural science can play a critical role in combatting the effects of an infectious disease outbreak or public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The current paper presents a synthesis of review literature discussing the application of behaviour change theories within an infectious disease and emergency response context, with a view to informing infectious disease modelling, research and public health practice. keywords: behaviour; behaviour change; change; context; disease; emergency; health; model; papers; review; search; theories; theory cache: cord-290421-9v841ose.txt plain text: cord-290421-9v841ose.txt item: #34 of 73 id: cord-291271-movbn4dn author: Jahangiry, Leila title: Risk perception related to COVID-19 among the Iranian general population: an application of the extended parallel process model date: 2020-10-19 words: 3338 flesch: 49 summary: Perceived risk scores showed that participants with confirmed coronavirus cases had significantly higher scores except for the perceived susceptibility scores. This indicated that more than half of participants had high perceived efficacy (i.e., self-efficacy and response efficacy). keywords: control; covid-19; efficacy; participants; risk; study cache: cord-291271-movbn4dn.txt plain text: cord-291271-movbn4dn.txt item: #35 of 73 id: cord-291924-1s1e6457 author: Sun, Mei title: The public health emergency management system in China: trends from 2002 to 2012 date: 2018-04-11 words: 4000 flesch: 48 summary: The sixty-eighth World Health Assembly China's distinctive engagement in global health China's engagement with global health diplomacy: was SARS a watershed From SARS to H7N9: the mechanism of responding to emerging communicable diseases has made great progress in China Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review Public health emergency response capacity on current situation and evaluation of CDC in Harbin An analysis of hospital preparedness capacity for public health emergency in four regions of China The knowledge, attitude and behavior about public health emergencies and the response capacity of primary care medical staffs of Guangdong Province Factors affecting emergency preparedness competency of public health inspectors: a cross-sectional study in Northeast China A comparative study on the emergency response capability of the Chinese disease prevention and control institution in the three years The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention system in China: trends from 2002-2012 Evaluation on public health emergency capability of county-level CDCs Evaluation on the efficiencies of county-level Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in China: results from a national survey Health statistics the phases of emergency management Public health preparedness and response competency model methodology Crisis management: Planning for the inevitable Guiding opinions on strengthening standardization construction of health emergency management. As governmental funding is the most critical control point of public health emergency management for the CDCs [15] ,we used governmental funding to CDCs per thousand people as a basis to determine sample size [16] . keywords: cdcs; china; county; data; emergency; health; management; people; public; response cache: cord-291924-1s1e6457.txt plain text: cord-291924-1s1e6457.txt item: #36 of 73 id: cord-293221-gf9wy4a9 author: Idowu, Abiodun Benjamin title: Ebola virus disease in the eyes of a rural, agrarian community in Western Nigeria: a mixed method study date: 2020-08-31 words: 4437 flesch: 56 summary: Results of a qualitative study A time for fear: local, national and international responses to a large EVD outbreak in Uganda Cultural contexts of Ebola in northern Uganda Modelling the role of public health education in Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Sudan The Liberia Ministry of Health. In 2014; the deadliest, most widespread (affected ten countries), EVD outbreak that lasted approximately 2 years occurred making it a global emergency keywords: contact; disease; ebola; evd; knowledge; outbreak; respondents; study; virus cache: cord-293221-gf9wy4a9.txt plain text: cord-293221-gf9wy4a9.txt item: #37 of 73 id: cord-293374-pjvu659c author: Xie, Chaojun title: The evidence of indirect transmission of SARS-CoV-2 reported in Guangzhou, China date: 2020-08-05 words: 3812 flesch: 48 summary: There were two notable family cluster cases in Guangzhou, which included 3 confirmed patients (family No.1: patient A, B, C) and 2 confirmed patients (family No.2: patient D, E), respectively. Finally, according to the traceability investigation through applying big data analysis, we found an epidemiological association between family No.1 and family No.2, in which patient D (family No.2) was infected through touching an elevator button contaminated by snot with virus from patient A (family No.1) on the same day. keywords: cases; cov-2; covid-19; family; guangzhou; patient; sars; transmission cache: cord-293374-pjvu659c.txt plain text: cord-293374-pjvu659c.txt item: #38 of 73 id: cord-294122-ou3wj4rz author: Hwang, Stephen W title: Population mortality during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto date: 2007-05-29 words: 2949 flesch: 44 summary: Study Myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden cardiac death may be prevented by influenza vaccination Effects of the Israel doctors' strike on hypertension control in Ashdod Doctors' strike: Non-availability of drugs: Activation of seizures Perinatal outcome following physicians' strike of 1983 Mortality in Jerusalem during the 1983 doctor's strike Public health measures to control the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome during the outbreak in Toronto A change in level of a non-stationary time series Intervention analysis with applications to economic and environmental problems Econometric models and economic forecasts Boston: Irwin/McGraw-Hill The impact of SARS on a tertiary care pediatric emergency department Surge capacity associated with restrictions on nonurgent hospital utilization and expected admissions during an influenza pandemic: lessons from the Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak The impact of the SARS epidemic on the utilization of medical services: SARS and the fear of SARS The immediate effects of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic on childbirth in Taiwan Lowered tuberculosis notifications and deterred health care seeking during the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong infections during SARS outbreak The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests. Finally, this study examines a natural experiment in which restrictions on health care services were not applied uniformly, instantaneously, or in a randomized manner. keywords: care; health; mortality; outbreak; rates; sars; toronto cache: cord-294122-ou3wj4rz.txt plain text: cord-294122-ou3wj4rz.txt item: #39 of 73 id: cord-302537-n1odrlvk author: Osbjer, Kristina title: Household practices related to disease transmission between animals and humans in rural Cambodia date: 2015-05-09 words: 5235 flesch: 39 summary: key: cord-302537-n1odrlvk authors: Osbjer, Kristina; Boqvist, Sofia; Sokerya, Seng; Kannarath, Chheng; San, Sorn; Davun, Holl; Magnusson, Ulf title: Household practices related to disease transmission between animals and humans in rural Cambodia date: 2015-05-09 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1811-5 sha: doc_id: 302537 cord_uid: n1odrlvk BACKGROUND: Zoonotic diseases are disproportionately affecting poor societies in low-income countries and pose a growing threat to public health and global food security. Few respondents (6%) perceived a likelihood of disease transmission in their village between livestock, humans and wildlife, despite household practices related to zoonosis transmission being common. keywords: animals; cambodia; household; livestock; number; practices; region; study; village; zoonosis; zoonotic cache: cord-302537-n1odrlvk.txt plain text: cord-302537-n1odrlvk.txt item: #40 of 73 id: cord-306259-vi997dms author: Hanvoravongchai, Piya title: Pandemic influenza preparedness and health systems challenges in Asia: results from rapid analyses in 6 Asian countries date: 2010-06-08 words: 6407 flesch: 41 summary: • Level of healthcare resources The level of health system resources reflects the level of economic development. Three areas of improvement based on our findings of strong linkages between pandemic preparation and health systems in governance and stewardship, health system resource, and service provision are highlighted here. keywords: ahi; countries; health; influenza; lao; level; national; pandemic; plans; preparedness; response; system; taiwan cache: cord-306259-vi997dms.txt plain text: cord-306259-vi997dms.txt item: #41 of 73 id: cord-306701-hs9cfdsu author: Gona, Philimon N. title: Burden and changes in HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality in Southern Africa Development Community Countries, 1990–2017 date: 2020-06-05 words: 6043 flesch: 49 summary: SADC HIV and AIDS strategic framework Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) What is required to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030? The Cost and Impact of the Fast-Track Approach PEPFAR funding and reduction in HIV infection rates in 12 focus sub-Saharan African countries: a quantitative analysis Side effects' are 'central effects' that challenge retention in HIV treatment programs in six sub-Saharan African countries: a multicountry qualitative study Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy Sexual activity without condoms and risk of HIV transmission in sero-different couples when the HIVpositive partner is using suppressive antiretroviral therapy HIV Transmission in Male Serodiscordant Couples in Australia, Thailand and Brazil Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. keywords: aids; burden; countries; global; health; hiv; mortality; people; rates; sadc; study cache: cord-306701-hs9cfdsu.txt plain text: cord-306701-hs9cfdsu.txt item: #42 of 73 id: cord-306865-36v9f1yz author: Sobers-Grannum, Natasha title: Response to the challenges of pandemic H1N1 in a small island state: the Barbadian experience date: 2010-12-03 words: 3942 flesch: 47 summary: Th e cases range in age from 23-days-old to 65-years-old, with a mean age of 17-years-old; the greatest proportion of our cases occurred in the 5-14 age group and the second highest in the 15-24 age group. Port of Spain Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions for pandemic infl uenza: an evaluation of the evidence base Non-pharmaceutical interventions for pandemic infl uenza, national and community measures Aiello AE ea: Findings, gaps, and future direction for research in nonpharmaceutical interventions for pandemic infl uenza World Health Organization: WHO Outbreak Communication Guidelines Pan American Health Organization: keywords: barbados; cases; h1n1; health; infl; pandemic; public; response; surveillance; uenza cache: cord-306865-36v9f1yz.txt plain text: cord-306865-36v9f1yz.txt item: #43 of 73 id: cord-306972-alyyju5x author: James, Peter Bai title: An assessment of Ebola-related stigma and its association with informal healthcare utilisation among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study date: 2020-02-05 words: 5891 flesch: 44 summary: We randomly sampled the required number of EVD survivors in all five districts based on proportional representation using the national list of registered Ebola survivors obtained from the Sierra Leone Association of Ebola survivors (SLAES). [43] to measure EVD related stigma among EVD survivors, as there is no detailed or validated tool exist for EVD related stigma. keywords: aids; ebola; evd; health; hiv; leone; sierra; stigma; study; survivors; t&cm cache: cord-306972-alyyju5x.txt plain text: cord-306972-alyyju5x.txt item: #44 of 73 id: cord-309268-sig0h723 author: Yeung, May PS title: Factors associated with uptake of influenza vaccine in people aged 50 to 64 years in Hong Kong: a case–control study date: 2015-07-07 words: 3934 flesch: 44 summary: Seasonal influenza vaccination (referred to as 'influenza vaccination' , 'vaccination' or 'vaccine' , below) remains an effective measure to protect individuals and communities from severe morbidity and mortality induced by influenza. Evaluation of the Publicity of Human Swine Influenza Vaccination Programme Development of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents: the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey Influence of family on acceptance of influenza vaccination among Japanese patients Survey on Hong Kong Citizens' Knowledge and Opinion of Influenza Vaccination 2012 Hong Kong2012 Prevalence of influenza vaccination and correlates of intention to be vaccinated among Hong Kong Chinese Comparison of different risk perception measures in predicting seasonal influenza vaccination among Healthy Chinese adults in Hong Kong: a prospective longitudinal study Influenza vaccination uptake among the working age population of Japan: results from a national cross-sectional survey Predictors of influenza vaccine acceptance among healthy adults Influenza vaccination in Europe: an inventory of strategies to reach target populations and optimise vaccination uptake seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rates in 10 countries in Africa Vaccination coverage rates in eleven European countries during two consecutive influenza seasons Influenza vaccination uptake and socioeconomic determinants in 11 European countries Patient's perceptions and information provided by the public health service are predictors for influenza vaccine uptake Factors influencing acceptance of influenza vaccination given in an ED Predictors of flu vaccination among urban Hispanic children and adults Influenza vaccination coverage against seasonal and pandemic influenza and their determinants in France: a cross-sectional survey Healthy young and middle age adults: what will it take to vaccinate them for influenza? keywords: cases; controls; group; health; influenza; vaccination; vaccine; years cache: cord-309268-sig0h723.txt plain text: cord-309268-sig0h723.txt item: #45 of 73 id: cord-312319-daiikgth author: van Velsen, Lex title: Public knowledge and preventive behavior during a large-scale Salmonella outbreak: results from an online survey in the Netherlands date: 2014-01-31 words: 4971 flesch: 46 summary: We included the following independent variables in the initial models: the demographics age, having children, education, income, and sex (based on [18, 19] ), as well as the factors perceived severity of a Salmonella infection, perceived severity of the Salmonella outbreak, knowledge about Salmonella infections, interest in health information, and perceived health (based on [18] ), as well as the application of measures to prevent a Salmonella infection, and increased carefulness with preparing food (following [25] ). These scores were .85 for perceived severity of Salmonella, .84 for perceived severity of the 2012 outbreak, .77 for carefulness with salmon preparation during the outbreak, .89 for carefulness with general food preparation during the outbreak, .80 for interest in health information, and .76 for perceived health. keywords: food; health; information; media; outbreak; public; respondents; salmonella cache: cord-312319-daiikgth.txt plain text: cord-312319-daiikgth.txt item: #46 of 73 id: cord-312738-p5macofk author: Biezen, Ruby title: Visibility and transmission: complexities around promoting hand hygiene in young children – a qualitative study date: 2019-04-11 words: 5164 flesch: 49 summary: Scratching your hair, everything, and then you go and touch things… FG1 Despite participants having good knowledge of hand hygiene, and recognising the importance in reducing disease transmission, many barriers such as variation in the practice of hand hygiene among PCPs and parents, linking visibility to disease transmission, and doubts that hand hygiene practice was attainable in young children hindered good hand hygiene practice. Despite wide promotion of hand hygiene in Australia [26] and good evidence that effective hand hygiene practice reduces infectious disease transmission, to date no studies have measured the efficacy and sustainability of hand hygiene practice in the Australian primary care setting. keywords: children; hand; hygiene; parents; pcps; practice; study; transmission; washing cache: cord-312738-p5macofk.txt plain text: cord-312738-p5macofk.txt item: #47 of 73 id: cord-312986-nz8uc7sl author: Abou-Abbas, Linda title: Knowledge and practice of physicians during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon date: 2020-09-29 words: 3811 flesch: 49 summary: Our survey revealed that the majority of Lebanese physicians had good knowledge about the disease (89.5%) while approximately half of the respondents adopted good preventive practices (49.7%). Lebanese physicians revealed a good level of knowledge; however, they had limited comprehension of the precautionary measures that protect them from this virus. keywords: care; covid-19; disease; health; knowledge; physicians; practice; survey cache: cord-312986-nz8uc7sl.txt plain text: cord-312986-nz8uc7sl.txt item: #48 of 73 id: cord-313472-skcaw9ls author: Suwannarong, Kanokwan title: Risk factors for bat contact and consumption behaviors in Thailand; a quantitative study date: 2020-06-03 words: 4414 flesch: 47 summary: This study provides a better understanding of the sociodemographic factors, knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices that might influence bat contact and bat consumption behaviors. The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with bat contact and bat consumption behaviors in ten provinces of Thailand from May 2016 to December 2017. keywords: bat; bats; consumption; contact; factors; provinces; respondents; study cache: cord-313472-skcaw9ls.txt plain text: cord-313472-skcaw9ls.txt item: #49 of 73 id: cord-313762-qssbwz28 author: Pinto, Cátia Sousa title: Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats date: 2013-12-05 words: 4177 flesch: 48 summary: Influenza Vaccination for the 2003-2004 Season: Recommendation in the Context of Concern about SARS Trends in influenza vaccination coverage rates in Germany over five seasons Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behaviour: the example of vaccination Risk perceptions related to SARS and avian influenza: theoretical foundations of current empirical research The impact of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on attitudes of healthcare workers toward seasonal influenza vaccination 2010/11 Low acceptability of a/H1N1 pandemic vaccination in French adult population: did public health fuel public dissonance? Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats The authors declare that they have no competing interests. key: cord-313762-qssbwz28 authors: Pinto, Cátia Sousa; Nunes, Baltazar; Branco, Maria João; Falcão, José Marinho title: Trends in influenza vaccination coverage in Portugal from 1998 to 2010: effect of major pandemic threats date: 2013-12-05 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1130 sha: doc_id: 313762 cord_uid: qssbwz28 BACKGROUND: Vaccination is the key measure available for prevention of the public health burden of annual influenza epidemics. keywords: coverage; health; influenza; pandemic; population; vaccination; vaccine; years cache: cord-313762-qssbwz28.txt plain text: cord-313762-qssbwz28.txt item: #50 of 73 id: cord-316278-niurdu7t author: Chern, Jimmy PS title: Delayed Treatment of Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan date: 2008-07-13 words: 2824 flesch: 50 summary: These inconsistencies highlight the impact of different communities and cultures on gender differences in tuberculosis treatment delays. Our study also revealed a Power-law distribution in TB treatment, suggesting that while most TB cases are controlled by public health authorities, the few patients who experience long delays in treatment can cause serious transmission. keywords: diagnosis; health; patients; treatment; tuberculosis cache: cord-316278-niurdu7t.txt plain text: cord-316278-niurdu7t.txt item: #51 of 73 id: cord-318585-cp76qr9f author: Matsuyama, Ryota title: Clinical determinants of the severity of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS): a systematic review and meta-analysis date: 2016-11-29 words: 4500 flesch: 43 summary: These risks showed a substantial heterogeneity among the identified studies, and appeared to be the highest in case studies focusing on ICU cases. In ICU case studies, the expected odds ratios (OR) of death among patients with underlying heart disease or renal disease to patients without such comorbidities were 0.6 (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.1, 4.3) and 0.6 (95% CI: 0.0, 2.1), respectively, while the ORs were 3.8 (95% CI: 3.4, 4.2) and 2.4 (95% CI: 2.0, 2.9), respectively, in studies with other types of designs. keywords: death; east; mers; middle; risk; studies; study; syndrome cache: cord-318585-cp76qr9f.txt plain text: cord-318585-cp76qr9f.txt item: #52 of 73 id: cord-318872-0e5zjaz1 author: Park, Ji-Eun title: MERS transmission and risk factors: a systematic review date: 2018-05-02 words: 4161 flesch: 54 summary: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in the Republic of Korea MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient exposure in an emergency room in South Korea: an epidemiological outbreak study Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: quantification of the extent of the epidemic, surveillance biases, and transmissibility Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study Interhuman transmissibility of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: estimation of pandemic risk The role of superspreading in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) transmission Synthesizing data and models for the spread of MERS-CoV, 2013: key role of index cases and hospital transmission Identified transmission dynamics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection during an outbreak: implications of an overcrowded emergency department A pandemic risk assessment of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia Assessment of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemic in the Middle East and risk of international spread using a novel maximum likelihood analysis approach High reproduction number of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in nosocomial outbreaks: mathematical modelling in Saudi Arabia and South Korea Accessed 10 Epidemiological investigation of MERS-CoV spread in a single hospital in South Korea Fatality risks for nosocomial outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Middle East and South Korea Middle East respiratory syndrome and medical students: letter from China Diagnostic delays in 537 symptomatic cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in Saudi Arabia Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Al-Madinah City, Saudi Arabia: demographic, clinical and survival data Clinical characteristics and outcome of ICU admitted MERS corona virus infected patients Risk factors for transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection during the 2015 outbreak in South Korea Estimating the risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) death during the course of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea Multifacility outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in Taif, Saudi Arabia Descriptive epidemiology and characteristics of confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia MERS-CoV outbreak in Jeddah-a link to health care facilities Estimating the severity and subclinical burden of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Predictors of MERS-CoV infection: a large case control study of patients presenting with ILI at a MERS-CoV referral hospital in Saudi Arabia Taking stock of the first 133 MERS coronavirus cases globally-is the epidemic changing? Risk factors for primary Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus illness in humans Outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome at tertiary care hospital Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of spreaders of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus during the 2015 outbreak in Korea Nosocomial amplification of MERS-coronavirus in South Korea Recovery from the Middle East respiratory syndrome is associated with antibody and T-cell responses Association of higher MERS-CoV virus load with severe disease and death, Saudi Arabia Predictive factors for pneumonia development and progression to respiratory failure in MERS-CoV infected patients Clinical aspects and outcomes of 70 patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a single-center experience in Saudi Arabia Spatial modelling of contribution of individual level risk factors for mortality from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula The predictors of 3-and 30-day mortality in 660 MERS-CoV patients Impact of comorbidity on fatality rate of patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome The epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mortality risk factors for Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak, South Korea Clinical presentation and outcomes of Middle East respiratory syndrome in the Republic of Korea High fatality rates and associated factors in two hospital outbreaks of MERS in Daejeon, the Republic of Korea Presentation and outcome of Middle East respiratory syndrome in Saudi intensive care unit patients Acute Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: temporal lung changes observed on the chest radiographs of 55 patients Treatment outcomes for patients with Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV) infection at a coronavirus referral center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Spread of mutant Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with reduced affinity to human CD26 during the South Korean outbreak Variations in spike glycoprotein gene of MERS-CoV Association between Australian Hajj Pilgrims' awareness of MERS-CoV, and their compliance with preventive measures and exposure to camels Factors influencing preventive behavior against Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus among nursing students in South Korea Middle East respiratory syndrome-related knowledge, preventive behaviours and risk perception among nursing students during outbreak Probable transmission chains of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and the multiple generations of secondary infection in South Korea the role of super-spreaders in infectious disease Super-spreaders in infectious diseases Clinical determinants of the severity of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS): a systematic review and meta-analysis Authors' contributions JEP (corresponding author) designed the study, and conducted the data search and the analysis with JEP (1st author). keywords: days; east; korea; mers; middle; south; studies; syndrome cache: cord-318872-0e5zjaz1.txt plain text: cord-318872-0e5zjaz1.txt item: #53 of 73 id: cord-321752-agzb8aac author: Montgomery, Joel M. title: Ten years of global disease detection and counting: program accomplishments and lessons learned in building global health security date: 2019-05-10 words: 5598 flesch: 38 summary: Public health programs like GDD have served as inroads to connection in fragile areas, such as those facing political instability and conflict, because they remove barriers to collaboration by addressing universally acknowledged health needs. Accurate information on burden of the most important infectious disease syndromes is needed by ministries of health and public health policy decision-makers to set current priorities for optimal use of limited resources for public health programs. keywords: capacity; cdc; countries; country; disease; gdd; gdd rcs; global; health; program; public; rcs; surveillance cache: cord-321752-agzb8aac.txt plain text: cord-321752-agzb8aac.txt item: #54 of 73 id: cord-321754-sy3ncwgw author: Yap, Jonathan title: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey date: 2010-07-28 words: 3852 flesch: 40 summary: key: cord-321754-sy3ncwgw authors: Yap, Jonathan; Lee, Vernon J; Yau, Teng Yan; Ng, Tze Pin; Tor, Phern-Chern title: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey date: 2010-07-28 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-442 sha: doc_id: 321754 cord_uid: sy3ncwgw BACKGROUND: Effective influenza pandemic management requires understanding of the factors influencing behavioral changes. As part of the military's pandemic response plan, every serviceman was given an information pamphlet on pandemic influenza, with information about the virus and preventive measures that could be taken to reduce risk of transmission and infection. keywords: attitudes; influenza; knowledge; pandemic; practice; scores cache: cord-321754-sy3ncwgw.txt plain text: cord-321754-sy3ncwgw.txt item: #55 of 73 id: cord-323190-wisaamn7 author: Law, Chi-kin title: Temporal patterns of charcoal burning suicides among the working age population in Hong Kong SAR: the influence of economic activity status and sex date: 2012-07-06 words: 3902 flesch: 47 summary: Significant temporal variations were observed in the daily patterns of charcoal burning suicides ( Table 2 To our knowledge, the present study is the first to investigate the temporal patterns of charcoal burning suicide. However, little is known about the temporal patterns of charcoal burning suicides. keywords: burning; charcoal; patterns; suicide; working cache: cord-323190-wisaamn7.txt plain text: cord-323190-wisaamn7.txt item: #56 of 73 id: cord-326645-m2e91ffv author: Winters, Maike title: Risk perception during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone date: 2020-10-12 words: 4786 flesch: 48 summary: The public's risk perceptions regarding the current Ebola outbreak in an as-yet unaffected country Ebola risk perception in Germany Ebola-related stigma in Ghana: Individual and community level determinants National survey of Ebola-related knowledge, attitudes and practices before the outbreak peak in Sierra Leone Rapid assessment of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and risk perception related to the prevention and control of Ebola virus disease in three communities of Sierra Leone Risk Perceptions and Risk Characteristics Perception of Risk Media messages and perception of risk for Ebola virus infection, United States The social amplification of risk: a conceptual framework The impact of control strategies and behavioural changes on the elimination of Ebola from Lofa County The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014-2015 Outbreak Risk perceptions and health behavior Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies Health behaviour and health education: theory, research, and practice Risk perceptions and their relation to risk behavior Roles of religious actors in the west African Ebola response Communication in Sierra Leone: an analysis of media and Mobile audiences 2016 Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, United Nations Development Programme. Having secondary school education or higher was positively associated with expressing Ebola risk perception (adjusted OR keywords: ebola; information; knowledge; outbreak; perception; risk; risk perception; sierra; sources cache: cord-326645-m2e91ffv.txt plain text: cord-326645-m2e91ffv.txt item: #57 of 73 id: cord-327180-yw8rzrb7 author: Prateepko, Tapanan title: Patterns of perception toward influenza pandemic among the front-line responsible health personnel in southern Thailand: a Q methodology approach date: 2009-05-28 words: 3760 flesch: 48 summary: As health personnel are key persons for influenza pandemic preparedness and con-trol, it is hoped that understanding their patterns of perception will allow control programs to properly improve the training. Health personnel designated by each facility to be responsible for influenza pandemic preparedness were identified. keywords: efficacy; factor; health; influenza; pandemic; personnel; self; study cache: cord-327180-yw8rzrb7.txt plain text: cord-327180-yw8rzrb7.txt item: #58 of 73 id: cord-327461-ohgkgvry author: Lu, Ying title: Monetary incentives and peer referral in promoting digital network-based secondary distribution of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial date: 2020-06-12 words: 4424 flesch: 44 summary: Innovative interventions are needed to further expand the uptake of HIV testing among key populations. Innovative interventions are needed to further expand the uptake of HIV testing among key populations. keywords: arm; distribution; hiv; hivst; incentives; kits; msm; testing cache: cord-327461-ohgkgvry.txt plain text: cord-327461-ohgkgvry.txt item: #59 of 73 id: cord-328579-3kxszvha author: Imai, Hissei title: Factors associated with motivation and hesitation to work among health professionals during a public crisis: a cross sectional study of hospital workers in Japan during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 date: 2010-11-04 words: 4058 flesch: 40 summary: The stress-related questions were as follows: anxiety about being infected; anxiety about infecting family; anxiety of being infected during commuting; lack of knowledge about infectiosity and virulence; lack of knowledge about prevention and protection; feeling of being protected by national and local government; feeling of being protected by hospital (the protection include taking all reasonable precautions to prevent illness, providing for the care of those who do become ill, reducing malpractice threats for those working in high-risk emergency situations and providing reliable compensation for the families of those who die while fulfilling this duty and attenuating the duty of hospital workers not to become a patient him or herself and so on); anxiety about compensations; burden of increase quantity of work; burden of change of quality of work; physical exhaustion; mental exhaustion; insomnia; elevated mood; feeling of being avoided by others; feeling of being isolated; feeling of having no choice but to work due to obligation; burden of child care including lack of nursery. key: cord-328579-3kxszvha authors: Imai, Hissei; Matsuishi, Kunitaka; Ito, Atsushi; Mouri, Kentaro; Kitamura, Noboru; Akimoto, Keiko; Mino, Koichi; Kawazoe, Ayako; Isobe, Masanori; Takamiya, Shizuo; Mita, Tatsuo title: Factors associated with motivation and hesitation to work among health professionals during a public crisis: a cross sectional study of hospital workers in Japan during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 date: 2010-11-04 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-672 sha: doc_id: 328579 cord_uid: 3kxszvha BACKGROUND: The professionalism of hospital workers in Japan was challenged by the pandemic (H1N1) 2009. keywords: factors; h1n1; hesitation; hospital; motivation; pandemic; workers cache: cord-328579-3kxszvha.txt plain text: cord-328579-3kxszvha.txt item: #60 of 73 id: cord-330180-lvn4hqk5 author: Rosenkötter, Nicole title: Twentieth anniversary of the European Union health mandate: taking stock of perceived achievements, failures and missed opportunities – a qualitative study date: 2013-11-14 words: 9165 flesch: 47 summary: The ease of cooperation and the potential to achieve policy coherence between DG SANCO and DGs with stronger regulatory competences like the internal market (e.g. regarding tobacco, pharmaceuticals) or agriculture policy (regarding food safety, subsidies of unhealthy versus healthy food products) represented another characteristic that influenced the individual perception of EU public health policies. The ranking of influential policy outputs provided indications on important developments in EU public health policy. keywords: actions; eu health; european; health; health policy; interviews; level; mandate; opportunity; policies; policy; public; union cache: cord-330180-lvn4hqk5.txt plain text: cord-330180-lvn4hqk5.txt item: #61 of 73 id: cord-332563-oo8wler1 author: Chung, Pak-Kwong title: The process by which perceived autonomy support predicts motivation, intention, and behavior for seasonal influenza prevention in Hong Kong older adults date: 2017-07-28 words: 5516 flesch: 31 summary: There were also significant and positive indirect effects of perceived autonomy support on attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control via autonomous motivation, and of autonomous motivation on intentions via attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control. The indirect effects of autonomous motivation on intention mediated by attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control were all statistically significant, consistent with predictions (hypothesis 2b). keywords: behavior; control; facemask; health; influenza; intention; motivation; participants; wearing cache: cord-332563-oo8wler1.txt plain text: cord-332563-oo8wler1.txt item: #62 of 73 id: cord-333299-dmkdsy1r author: Seglem, K. B. title: Education differences in sickness absence and the role of health behaviors: a prospective twin study date: 2020-11-11 words: 6306 flesch: 42 summary: key: cord-333299-dmkdsy1r authors: Seglem, K. B.; Ørstavik, R.; Torvik, F. A.; Røysamb, E.; Vollrath, M. title: Education differences in sickness absence and the role of health behaviors: a prospective twin study date: 2020-11-11 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09741-y sha: doc_id: 333299 cord_uid: dmkdsy1r BACKGROUND: Long-term sickness absences burden the economy in many industrialized countries. There were stronger effects of health behaviors on sickness absence in women, and in the older cohort, whereas the effect of educational attainment was similar across sex and cohorts. keywords: absence; behaviors; cohort; education; health; sickness; sickness absence; study; twin cache: cord-333299-dmkdsy1r.txt plain text: cord-333299-dmkdsy1r.txt item: #63 of 73 id: cord-333467-de2aimuj author: Revere, Debra title: Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Communications with Health Care Providers: A Literature Review date: 2011-05-18 words: 3989 flesch: 38 summary: A systematic review of peer- and non-peer-reviewed literature focused on the following questions: 1) What public health systems exist for communicating PHEPR messages from public health agencies to HCPs? Three questions guided this literature review: What public health systems exist for communicating PHEPR messages from public health agencies to HCPs? keywords: agencies; communication; emergency; hcps; health; messages; phepr; preparedness; public; systems cache: cord-333467-de2aimuj.txt plain text: cord-333467-de2aimuj.txt item: #64 of 73 id: cord-333527-66dfphxq author: Brown, Lawrence H title: Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey date: 2010-03-16 words: 3680 flesch: 40 summary: This study was undertaken during the height of the Australian pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak to measure self-reported willingness to comply with physician recommendations to stay home for seven days, and to compare responses for the current strain of pandemic influenza, avian influenza, seasonal influenza, and the common cold. This study was undertaken during the height of the Australian pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak to measure self-reported willingness to comply with physician recommendations to stay home for seven days, and to compare responses for the current strain of pandemic influenza, avian influenza (H5N1), seasonal influenza, and the common cold. keywords: advice; compliance; health; home; influenza; pandemic; stay cache: cord-333527-66dfphxq.txt plain text: cord-333527-66dfphxq.txt item: #65 of 73 id: cord-334541-d0l0nqgh author: Chui, Kenneth KH title: Snowbirds and infection--new phenomena in pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations from winter migration of older adults: A spatiotemporal analysis date: 2011-06-07 words: 4024 flesch: 36 summary: For the majority of states, a significantly higher proportion of non-resident P&I hospitalizations occurred from April-September than from October-March (Table 1) . In general, adjacent groups of states tend to have the largest discordances between provider state and state of residence for P&I cases. keywords: florida; hospitalizations; influenza; migration; non; p&i; patterns; population; state cache: cord-334541-d0l0nqgh.txt plain text: cord-334541-d0l0nqgh.txt item: #66 of 73 id: cord-344050-5ulk3euw author: Wang, Jianming title: Gender difference in knowledge of tuberculosis and associated health-care seeking behaviors: a cross-sectional study in a rural area of China date: 2008-10-08 words: 4249 flesch: 54 summary: Admittedly, the heavy financial burden on TB patients is one of the major problems in China's TB control which has been the main reason for poor access to TB care and treatment compliance. But, if patients know TB diagnosis and treatment should be free, they would have more chances to ask why they should pay for TB care and what cost should be covered by the free care. keywords: care; china; health; knowledge; seeking; study; women cache: cord-344050-5ulk3euw.txt plain text: cord-344050-5ulk3euw.txt item: #67 of 73 id: cord-344438-08gqn86z author: Watkins, Rochelle E title: Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia date: 2007-07-17 words: 5861 flesch: 33 summary: key: cord-344438-08gqn86z authors: Watkins, Rochelle E; Cooke, Feonagh C; Donovan, Robert J; MacIntyre, C Raina; Itzwerth, Ralf; Plant, Aileen J title: Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia date: 2007-07-17 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-157 sha: doc_id: 344438 cord_uid: 08gqn86z BACKGROUND: Community-wide preparedness for pandemic influenza is an issue that has featured prominently in the recent news media, and is currently a priority for health authorities in many countries. The small and medium business sector is a major provider of private sector employment in Australia, yet we have little information about the preparedness of this sector for pandemic influenza. keywords: business; health; help; influenza; medium; pandemic; response; risk; threat cache: cord-344438-08gqn86z.txt plain text: cord-344438-08gqn86z.txt item: #68 of 73 id: cord-345417-0rxhkg7a author: Sun, Xinying title: Determinants of health literacy and health behavior regarding infectious respiratory diseases: a pathway model date: 2013-03-22 words: 4417 flesch: 45 summary: key: cord-345417-0rxhkg7a authors: Sun, Xinying; Shi, Yuhui; Zeng, Qingqi; Wang, Yanling; Du, Weijing; Wei, Nanfang; Xie, Ruiqian; Chang, Chun title: Determinants of health literacy and health behavior regarding infectious respiratory diseases: a pathway model date: 2013-03-22 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-261 sha: doc_id: 345417 cord_uid: 0rxhkg7a BACKGROUND: Health literacy has been defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. The framework is organized into four primary elements: (1) health-related stimulus; (2) factors that influence the development and use of health literacy skills, including socio-demographic characteristics, resources , prior knowledge and capabilities; (3) health literacy skills needed to comprehend the stimulus and perform the task; and (4) mediators between health literacy and health outcomes including motivation, attitudes, emotions, and self-efficacy. keywords: age; behavior; effect; health; knowledge; literacy; model; status; study cache: cord-345417-0rxhkg7a.txt plain text: cord-345417-0rxhkg7a.txt item: #69 of 73 id: cord-347952-k95wrory author: Prieto, Diana M title: A systematic review to identify areas of enhancements of pandemic simulation models for operational use at provincial and local levels date: 2012-03-30 words: 9205 flesch: 34 summary: We also agreed with the concern that social behavior is inadequately represented in pandemic influenza models. We also agreed with the concern that social behavior is inadequately represented in pandemic influenza models. keywords: access; assumptions; contact; data; health; infection; influenza; mitigation; models; pandemic; parameters; public; review; strategies; table; time cache: cord-347952-k95wrory.txt plain text: cord-347952-k95wrory.txt item: #70 of 73 id: cord-348844-4rpbsj48 author: Wessel, Lindsay title: Public health interventions for epidemics: implications for multiple infection waves date: 2011-02-25 words: 4682 flesch: 34 summary: key: cord-348844-4rpbsj48 authors: Wessel, Lindsay; Hua, Yi; Wu, Jianhong; Moghadas, Seyed M title: Public health interventions for epidemics: implications for multiple infection waves date: 2011-02-25 journal: BMC Public Health DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-s1-s2 sha: doc_id: 348844 cord_uid: 4rpbsj48 BACKGROUND: Epidemics with multiple infection waves have been documented for some human diseases, most notably during past influenza pandemics. In this study, we consider the occurrence of multiple infection waves of a pathogen from a public health perspective, and develop mathematical models to investigate how intervention measures may affect the transmission dynamics in a population. keywords: disease; epidemic; infection; model; pathogen; treatment cache: cord-348844-4rpbsj48.txt plain text: cord-348844-4rpbsj48.txt item: #71 of 73 id: cord-349426-9fuiind8 author: Lee, Albert title: Facing the threat of influenza pandemic - roles of and implications to general practitioners date: 2010-11-02 words: 4071 flesch: 43 summary: Primary health care should be more proactive as an alternate sources of health care for hospital patients with stable conditions, developing of protocol for self management for certain illnesses, acting as resource persons for patient health education in the community and providing leadership to re-organise the local resources meeting the local health care needs. Close collaboration with functional components of public health such as home-based care and primary health care is therefore indispensable [1] . keywords: care; community; gps; health; influenza; pandemic; patients; primary; public cache: cord-349426-9fuiind8.txt plain text: cord-349426-9fuiind8.txt item: #72 of 73 id: cord-352364-yj31uwiu author: El Morr, Christo title: Effectiveness of ICT-based intimate partner violence interventions: a systematic review date: 2020-09-07 words: 7306 flesch: 38 summary: The questions that guided us in examining the were as follows: (1) what type of objectives did ICT based interventions tried to address?, (2) were ICT based interventions effective in addressing IPV?, and (3) what type of strategies did they implement to mitigate ICT risks (e.g. safety, data security). Our review shows that 8 studies [55, 56, 59, 63, 64, 70, 72, 75] reported that women found ICT interventions suitable for IPV disclosure; three of those studies found it particularly suitable in terms of confidentiality, usefulness, and satisfaction [56, 63, 72] . keywords: address; health; ict; interventions; ipv; partner; review; safety; screening; studies; study; use; violence; web; women cache: cord-352364-yj31uwiu.txt plain text: cord-352364-yj31uwiu.txt item: #73 of 73 id: cord-352546-w3catjj3 author: Degeling, Chris title: Implementing a One Health approach to emerging infectious disease: reflections on the socio-political, ethical and legal dimensions date: 2015-12-29 words: 7689 flesch: 37 summary: Governing Health in a Global Age Don't be scared, be angry: the politics and ethics of Ebola A perfect moral storm: climate change, intergenerational ethics and the problem of moral corruption Hendra virus vaccine, a one health approach to protecting horse, human, and environmental health Pandemic H1N1 in Canada and the use of evidence in developing public health policies -a policy analysis Civilization and madness: the great BSE scare of 1996 Making a crisis out of a drama: the political analysis of BSE policymaking in the UK. The effective control and prevention of EIDs therefore requires: (i) social science research to improve understanding of how EID threats and responses play out; (ii) the development of an analytic framework that catalogues case experiences with EIDs, reflects their dynamic nature and promotes inter-sectoral collaboration and knowledge synthesis; (iii) genuine public engagement processes that promote transparency, education and capture people’s preferences; (iv) a set of practical principles and values that integrate ethics into decision-making procedures, against which policies and public health responses can be assessed; (v) integration of the analytic framework and the statement of principles and values outlined above; and (vi) a focus on genuine reform rather than rhetoric. keywords: animal; approach; control; disease; eid; eids; health; health approach; human; new; policy; public; social; values; virus cache: cord-352546-w3catjj3.txt plain text: cord-352546-w3catjj3.txt