Title |
What have we learned about communication inequalities during the H1N1 pandemic: a systematic review of the literature
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-484 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Leesa Lin, Elena Savoia, Foluso Agboola, Kasisomayajula Viswanath |
Abstract |
During public health emergencies, public officials are busy in developing communication strategies to protect the population from existing or potential threats. However, a population's social and individual determinants (i.e. education, income, race/ethnicity) may lead to inequalities in individual or group-specific exposure to public health communication messages, and in the capacity to access, process, and act upon the information received by specific sub-groups- a concept defined as communication inequalities.The aims of this literature review are to: 1) characterize the scientific literature that examined issues related to communication to the public during the H1N1 pandemic, and 2) summarize the knowledge gained in our understanding of social determinants and their association with communication inequalities in the preparedness and response to an influenza pandemic. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 1 | 20% |
United States | 1 | 20% |
Timor-Leste | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 2 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 335 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 58 | 17% |
Researcher | 50 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 29 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 4% |
Other | 60 | 18% |
Unknown | 87 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 64 | 19% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 9% |
Psychology | 24 | 7% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 15 | 4% |
Other | 47 | 14% |
Unknown | 108 | 32% |