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cord-339303-feiy6xed	Tan, Xiaodong	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic and change of people's health behavior in China	2004-10-17		.txt	text/plain	1733	100	58	title: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic and change of people's health behavior in China Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has become a new worldwide epidemic whose origin was until recently unknown. This study presents an inquiry into people's knowledge and self-reported changes in behavior in response to the epidemic. Most respondents took action to avoid being infected by SARS, including, most commonly, efforts to improve indoor ventilation, to disinfect the indoor environment and to increase hand-washing frequency. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a new flu-like disease that made its appearance in late 2002 and spread to over 30 countries by mid-2003. The adoption of these measures, due to the initially unclear nature of SARS transmission, actually increased panic among the Chinese people who began wearing masks, reducing the chances of outdoor activities, disinfecting the environment and washing their hands. Seven questions about health behavior change in the previous 2 weeks addressed recent preventive measures generally and hand-washing specifically.	./cache/cord-339303-feiy6xed.txt	./txt/cord-339303-feiy6xed.txt