PARTICIPANT’S RISK PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PANDEMIC OF H1N1 INFLUENZA & ITS VACCINE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
In April 2009, the Mexican Secretariat of Health reported an outbreak of respiratory disease. In affected patients, a novel swine origin influenza A (H1N1 09) virus was detected. Evidence that this new strain could pass from human to human led the World Health Organization (WHO) to quickly raise its pandemic alert level to phase 5 on 29 April 20091. In the world up to January 2010, 209 countries & overseas territories were reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1. In addition at least 15,174 deaths related to this infection had been recorded2. In India up to November 2010, 44,101 laboratory confirmed cases and 2,679 deaths due to H1N1 influenza were reported3.According to the recommendations from WHO, all countries should immunize their Healthcare Workers as a priority in order to protect the vital health infrastructure4. We surveyed a sample of Healthcare Workers from Ambajogai, Dist. Beed, Maharashtra with the objective, to ascertain their risk perception and attitude towards the pandemic H1N1 and its vaccine. And also change in behaviour of healthcare workers due to pandemic H1N1.
Authors and Affiliations
Prashant Dahire, Amol Gaikwad, Vandana Kakrani, Rajesh Lakade, Deepali Deo, Vinod Vedpathak, Girish Thitte
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