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Title: | Public image and governance of epidemics: Comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS | Authors: | Quah, Stella R | Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services epidemics HIV/AIDS SARS public image of disease risk-taking Asia medical sociology AIDS PREVENTION DETECTIVES CRISIS HIV |
Issue Date: | Feb-2007 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Citation: | Quah, Stella R (2007-02). Public image and governance of epidemics: Comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS. HEALTH POLICY 80 (2) : 253-272. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | A comparative analysis of the 2002-2003 infectious disease outbreak, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has affected the world over the past two decades reveals the significant role of socio-cultural beliefs and attitudes in the shaping of people's lifestyles and approaches to the control and prevention of epidemics. The main research question is: what can we learn from the SARS experience about effective prevention of HIV/AIDS? The sources of data include population figures on the development of these epidemics and findings from two sociological studies of representative samples of Singapore's multi-ethnic population. The comparative study illustrates the impact of cultural beliefs and attitudes in shaping the public image of these two different infectious diseases; the relevance of public image of the disease for effective prevention and control of epidemics. © 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | HEALTH POLICY | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/248875 | ISSN: | 0168-8510 1872-6054 |
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