You can lead a horse to water"¦.. why human behaviour is central to effective control of emerging diseases

Melanie Taylor; Kingsley Agho; Navneet Dhand; Kathrin Schemann

doi:10.1007/s10393-010-0376-0

You can lead a horse to water"¦.. why human behaviour is central to effective control of emerging diseases

Melanie Taylor, Kingsley Agho, Navneet Dhand, Kathrin Schemann

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The adoption of protective behaviours is subject to a variety of mediating factors. To ensure optimum compliance with disease control response it is important to understand what drives and inhibits such behaviours. The A/H1N1/09 ''swine flu'' pandemic has shown that public reaction to novel vaccinations, and low levels of perceived threat result in poor uptake of vaccination. Simply having a vaccine available is not enough to guarantee uptake.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S152-S152
Number of pages	1
Journal	Ecohealth
Volume	7
Issue number	Suppl. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-010-0376-0
Publication status	Published - 2011

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