Social Support and Response to AIDS and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Social Support and Response to AIDS and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Arijit Nandi, Melissa Tracy, Allison Aiello, Don C. Des Jarlais, Sandro Galea

Negative public reactions to emerging infectious diseases can adversely affect population health. We assessed whether social support was associated with knowledge of, worry about, and attitudes towards AIDS and severe acute respiratory syndrome. Our findings suggest that social support may be central to our understanding of public responses to emerging infectious diseases.

2008

infectious disease, communicable disease, Aids, SARS, social support, social networks

DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071070

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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