title: Knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive precautions among Hong Kong students during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.
abstract: This study reports the knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive precautions among 288 Hong Kong secondary school students during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. Only 28.1% of the students expressed knowledge of all 3 major routes of H1N1 transmission, and 58.1% perceived a high risk of H1N1 infection. Adoption of 4-5 preventive precautions was not prevalent (40.9%) and was significantly associated with female sex, better knowledge of transmission, and higher perceived risk of infection.
authors.affiliation: School Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. kkmak@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Kwok-Kei
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.forename: Ching-Man
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students