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During an infectious disease outbreak, it is critical to learn as much as possible about the conc... more During an infectious disease outbreak, it is critical to learn as much as possible about the concerns, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of the public. Such information can be crucial to the improvement of communication efforts by public health officials and clinicians. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to influenza A (H1N1) among the OPD patients of Tertiary Care Hospital, Surat. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out in the tertiary Care Hospital; 507 participants were selected by convenient sampling method from different OPDs. Results: Majority of participants (71.0 %) have heard about swine flu. Major source of information was friends and relatives (37.3 %) followed by Mass Media. About half of the participants have knowledge of symptoms like cough (55.4 %) and fever (53.1 %); knowledge regarding modes of transmission is average to poor, few participants have misconception that sharing meal (1.2 %) and se...
During an infectious disease outbreak, it is critical to learn as much as possible about the conc... more During an infectious disease outbreak, it is critical to learn as much as possible about the concerns, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of the public. Such information can be crucial to the improvement of communication efforts by public health officials and clinicians. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to influenza A (H1N1) among the OPD patients of Tertiary Care Hospital, Surat. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out in the tertiary Care Hospital; 507 participants were selected by convenient sampling method from different OPDs. Results: Majority of participants (71.0 %) have heard about swine flu. Major source of information was friends and relatives (37.3 %) followed by Mass Media. About half of the participants have knowledge of symptoms like cough (55.4 %) and fever (53.1 %); knowledge regarding modes of transmission is average to poor, few participants have misconception that sharing meal (1.2 %) and se...