Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore
subject: severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, disease prevention, infectious diseases, crisis management, Asian populations
description: We discuss crisis prevention and management during the first 3 months of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore. Four public health issues were considered: prevention measures, self-health evaluation, SARS knowledge, and appraisal of crisis management. We conducted telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,201 adults, ≥21 years of age. We found that sex, age, and attitude (anxiety and perception of open communication with authorities) were associated with practicing preventive measures. Analysis of Singapore’s outbreak improves our understanding of the social dimensions of infectious disease outbreaks.
creator: Stella R. Quah, Lee Hin-Peng
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2004
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030418
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine