id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-265595-55s19mr1	Brug, Johannes	Risk Perceptions and Behaviour: Towards Pandemic Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases: International Research on Risk Perception in the Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases	2009-01-06		.txt	text/plain	2318	113	46	Three papers [5] [6] [7] were the result of a European Commission funded project, called SARS-Control that was partly dedicated to exploring risk perceptions and risk communications related to SARS and other emerging infectious diseases. Effective management of new epidemic infectious disease risks in the phase that no treatment or vaccination is yet possible is largely dependent on precautionary behaviour of the population. Four of the papers present empirical mostly explorative original research on risk perceptions, knowledge, beliefs and other issues related to SARS during or after the SARS outbreak in 2003. Given the clear and present danger of newly emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the near future and the importance of the public response and precautionary actions to control the spread, additional research on risk perceptions and other behavioural determinants is warranted. Perceived threat, risk perception and efficacy beliefs related to SARS and other (emerging) infectious diseases: results of an international survey	./cache/cord-265595-55s19mr1.txt	./txt/cord-265595-55s19mr1.txt