Survey on the Likely Behavioural Changes of the General Public in Four European Countries During the 2009/2010 Pandemic

Caterina Rizzo (), Massimo Fabiani (), Richard Amlôt (), Ian Hall (), Thomas Finnie (), G. James Rubin (), Radu Cucuiu (), Adriana Pistol (), Florin Popovici (), Rodica Popescu (), Väinölä Joose (), Kari Auranen (), Steve Leach (), Silvia Declich () and Andrea Pugliese ()
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Caterina Rizzo: National Institute of Health, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion
Massimo Fabiani: National Institute of Health, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion
Richard Amlôt: Health Protection Agency Emergency Response Department
Ian Hall: Health Protection Agency Emergency Response Department
Thomas Finnie: Health Protection Agency Emergency Response Department
G. James Rubin: King’s College London, Department of Psychological Medicine
Radu Cucuiu: National Institute of Public Health
Adriana Pistol: National Institute of Public Health
Florin Popovici: National Institute of Public Health
Rodica Popescu: National Institute of Public Health
Väinölä Joose: National Public Health Institute, Department of Vaccines
Kari Auranen: National Public Health Institute, Department of Vaccines
Steve Leach: Health Protection Agency Emergency Response Department
Silvia Declich: National Institute of Health, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion
Andrea Pugliese: University of Trento, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases, 2013, pp 23-41 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In order to assess the likely impact of public health interventions, it is important to predict the acceptance of control measures, as well as the behavioural changes that may occur among the general public in response to epidemics, in particular lethal ones. The emergence of 2009 pandemic allowed us to assess the general public’s behaviour during the pandemic, via two surveys: one at the beginning and one after the first wave of the 2009 pandemic, in four European countries.Results showed some differences between participating countries in previous behaviours relating to seasonal flu and in beliefs and knowledge about 2009 pandemic influenza. No substantial differences were detected among the four countries in the first survey with respect to the intended behaviours in anticipation of the spread of the pandemic virus. However, results from the second survey showed differences within and among the four participating countries. The two surveys were useful in showing differences between behavioural intentions and actual actions related to the 2009 pandemic influenza. To our knowledge this is the first study investigating the actual behaviour of the population in four EU countries and provides crucial descriptions of pandemic impact on social-network dynamics parameters which can be included in mathematical models.

Keywords: Behavioural Intention; Pandemic Influenza; Public Health Measure; Epidemic Spread; Antiviral Medication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5474-8_2

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