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Social Support and Response to AIDS and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Negative public reactions to emerging infectious diseases can adversely affect population health. We assessed whether social support was associated with knowledge of, worry about, and attitudes towards AIDS and severe acute respiratory syndrome. Our findings suggest that social support may be central to our understanding of public responses to emerging infectious diseases.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071070

Authors: Arijit Nandi, Melissa Tracy, Allison Aiello, Don C. Des Jarlais, Sandro Galea

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York Academy of Medicine, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse