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cord-327180-yw8rzrb7	Prateepko, Tapanan	Patterns of perception toward influenza pandemic among the front-line responsible health personnel in southern Thailand: a Q methodology approach	2009-05-28		.txt	text/plain	3757	207	52	title: Patterns of perception toward influenza pandemic among the front-line responsible health personnel in southern Thailand: a Q methodology approach Subjects were asked to rank 33 statements about various issues of influenza pandemic according to a pre-designed score sheet having a quasi-normal distribution on a continuous 9-point bipolar scale ranging from -4 for strongly disagree to +4 for strongly agree. The most conflicting area was vulnerability on the possible impacts of an influenza pandemic, having factor scores of high (3), low (-4), and neutral (0) for patterns I, II, and III, respectively. We identified three main patterns of health personnel in southern Thailand based on the perception toward a threat of an influenza pandemic. Perception of low level of severity and vulnerability or low levels of appraised threat of an influenza pandemic may inhibit motivation of health personnel to engage in protective behavior [27, 28] .	./cache/cord-327180-yw8rzrb7.txt	./txt/cord-327180-yw8rzrb7.txt