Taipei's use of a multi-channel mass risk communication program to rapidly reverse an epidemic of highly communicable disease

In September 2007, an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) occurred in Keelung City and spread to Taipei City. In response to the epidemic, a new crisis management program was implemented and tested in Taipei. Having noticed that transmission surged on weekends during the Keelung epide...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2009-11, Vol.4 (11), p.e7962-e7962
Hauptverfasser:	Yen, Muh-Yong, Wu, Tsung-Shu Joseph, Chiu, Allen Wen-Hsiang, Wong, Wing-Wai, Wang, Po-En, Chan, Ta-Chien, King, Chwan-Chuen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Child Children Cities Clusters Communicable Disease Control Communicable diseases Communication Conjunctivitis Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic - epidemiology Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic - prevention & control Crisis management Decision making Disaster Planning Disease control Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease prevention Disease transmission Epidemics Epidemiology Ethics Geospatial data Guidelines Health Education Health risks Hemorrhage Hospitals Humans Illnesses Immunization Infections Infectious diseases Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases Influenza News media Pandemics Participation Patient compliance Patient Education as Topic Prevention Public Health Public Health and Epidemiology/Epidemiology Public Health and Epidemiology/Health Policy Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases Risk Risk communication Risk Factors Risk groups Risk management School closures Schools Short message service SMS (Short messaging service) Taiwan Text messaging Time Factors
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