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Monitoring the level of government trust, risk perception and intention of the general public to adopt protective measures during the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands
BMC Public Health · 2011 · Vol. 11(1) · pp. 575–575
Willemien van der Weerd✉(Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc)Daniëlle R. M. TimmermansD. Beaujean(National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)Jurriaan OudhoffJim van Steenbergen(National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)
Abstract
The Dutch response to the H1N1 virus was relatively muted. Higher levels of trust in the government, fear/worry, and perceived vulnerability were all positively related to an intention to accept vaccination. Only fear/worry was positively linked to an intention to adopt protective measures during the entire pandemic. Risk and crisis communication by the government should focus on building and maintaining trust by providing information about preventing infection in close collaboration with municipal health services, health care providers, and the media.
Risk Perception and ManagementPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationDisaster Management and ResilienceWorryRisk perceptionPandemicBiostatisticsReceiptPublic healthMedicineVaccinationGovernment (linguistics)Environmental health
MeSH terms
AdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDiffusion of InnovationFemaleGovernment AgenciesHumansInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsPrimary PreventionPublic OpinionRisk AssessmentIntention
Funding
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
- Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
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