Acceptability of community quarantine in contexts of communicable disease epidemics: perspectives of literate lay people living in Conakry, Guinea
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DOI: 10.1017/s0950268819001419
Abstract: Abstract During the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, some communities reacted hostilely to the implementation of quarantine measures. This study's aim was to examine the views of lay people in Guinea on the acceptability… read more here.
Keywords: community; community quarantine; lay people; acceptability community ... See more keywords
The role of risk communication in public health interventions. An analysis of risk communication for a community quarantine in Germany to curb the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256113
Abstract: Background Separating ill or possibly infectious people from their healthy community is one of the core principles of non-pharmaceutical interventions. However, there is scarce evidence on how to successfully implement quarantine orders. We investigated a… read more here.
Keywords: public health; community; risk communication; community quarantine ... See more keywords