| preparing for the next influenza pandemic: a new south wales perspective. | pandemic influenza is one of a small number of infectious diseases that pose a significant global threat. pandemic preparedness has accelerated around the world in recent years in response to the perceived increased risk of a pandemic developing following the emergence of h5n1 avian influenza in domestic poultry flocks in asia, africa and europe. there is a hierarchy of pandemic plans - international, national, state, and local - and harmonisation of all of these is imperative for a coordinated ... | 2006 | 17136141 |
| pandemic planning at the coal face: responsibilities of the public health unit. | responding to an infectious disease pandemic requires a coordinated approach from all essential services. public health units across nsw will play an important role in a range of control activities. these include: surveillance, education, communication, case ascertainment, case management (excluding clinical management), infection control, contact tracing, monitoring contacts in home quarantine, surveillance at borders, epidemiological studies and immunisation. public health units are currently ... | 2006 | 17136142 |
| what australians know and believe about bird flu: results of a population telephone survey. | the avian influenza a (a/h5n1) virus has attracted the attention of governments and health organizations throughout the world because of its pandemic potential. despite the emerging nature of a/h5n1, there is limited research on public knowledge and perceptions of this disease. this study is based on a computer-assisted telephone interviewing survey conducted in may 2006 to determine the australian public's knowledge of a/h5n1, their willingness to engage in preventive behaviors, and their accep ... | 2008 | 18936262 |