Differences in the sources of information and acquaintance with instructions between Dimona and the general population after a suicide bomber event.
A telephone survey among two randomly selected, representative samples of adults was conducted two days after a suicide bomber event in Dimona, Israel. Television, radio, Internet, and newspapers were more common sources of information in the general population, whereas friends, family, and the local authorities were the more common sources of information in Dimona. Higher acquaintance with police instructions and higher knowledge of the exact location of the event were found in the population of Dimona. Authorities must pay attention to this phenomenon and use the correct sources of information in each area in order to achieve better exposure of the target population to the police instructions after a terrorist event.
Richman
Aaron
A
Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR), Jerusalem, Israel.
Shohat
Galit
G
Soffer
Yechiel
Y
Bar-Dayan
Yaron
Y
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D054042:Bombs; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013405:Suicide; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D023481:Terrorism; D055815:Young Adult