Perceptions Regarding Tarrant County's Preparedness for a Bioterrorism Attack Involving Smallpox

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dc.contributor.advisorSally Blakley
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSamuel Atkinson
dc.creatorMichael, Donald T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:25:16Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:25:16Z
dc.date.issued2003-05-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-17T11:36:04-07:00
dc.description.abstractMichael III, Donald T., Perceptions Regarding Tarrant County’s Preparedness for a Bioterrorism Attack Involving Smallpox. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), May 2003, 51 pp., 10 tables, bibliography, 26 titles. Perception and knowledge of risk of a bioterrorist attack are important factors in determining public response and anxiety level. A telephone survey of residents of Tarrant County, Texas was conducted to determine public perception regarding Tarrant County’s preparedness to respond to an intentional release of the smallpox virus as an act of terrorism. Although a low response rate limits the ability to generalize the findings of this survey, frequency and chi-squared analysis of survey responses revealed a public desire for more information about the county’s preparedness, access to smallpox vaccine, and identified a potential gap between objectively measured and public self-assessment of knowledge about bioterrorism and smallpox concepts. Increased efforts toward information dissemination and education of the Tarrant County community are needed to address these concerns.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29319
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectEnvironmental Public Health
dc.subjectHealth Communication
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectImmunology of Infectious Disease
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectBioterrorism
dc.subjectsmallpox
dc.subjectTarrant County
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectpublic response
dc.subjectanxiety level
dc.subjectterrorism
dc.subjectvaccination
dc.subjecthealth information need
dc.titlePerceptions Regarding Tarrant County's Preparedness for a Bioterrorism Attack Involving Smallpox
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineEpidemiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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