The 2009 Buenos Aires flu H1N1 epidemy and communication of community prevention measures

Authors

  • Adriana Dawidowski
  • Natalia Pereiro
  • M. Victoria Schang
  • Ana M. Gómez Saldaño
  • Silvana Figar
  • Patricia Matejic
  • Marcelo Marchetti
  • Fernán González Bernaldo de Quiros

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31052/1853.1180.v14.n1.7053

Keywords:

Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Argentina, Preventive Medicine, Mass Media, Disease Outbreaks

Abstract

Objective: To analyze longitudinally the construction of social participation in the prevention of influenza A in 2009, by evaluating social discourses synchronously with the evolution of the epidemic in urban middle class of Buenos Aires.

Methods: Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data: 1) Evolution of influenzalike illness in a community hospital serving middle-class Buenos Aires, 2) Evolution of cases at country level, 3) representation of prevention in national media.

Results: During the outbreak in Buenos Aires middle-class, which preceded the country’s total, percentage on front page news on influenza A was 3.9%. The measures that collectively prevent the virus spread (hand hygiene, surfaces and containment of sneezing) was subsequently reported to the epidemic peak.

Conclusions: Communication had contributed to the involvement of social participation belatedly. This highlights the need to promote the early involvement of society in collective prevention against epidemic risk

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Author Biographies

Adriana Dawidowski

Bioquímica. Magíster en Cs. de la Comunicación. Investigador. Área de Epidemiología del Plan de Salud y del Servicio de Clínica Médica del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Natalia Pereiro

Investigador junior. Área de Epidem. del Plan de Salud y del Serv. de Clín. Méd. del H. Italiano de Bs. As.

M. Victoria Schang

Licenciada en Sociología. Investigador. Área de Epidem. del Plan de Salud y del Serv. de Clín. Méd. del H. Italiano de Bs. As.

Ana M. Gómez Saldaño

Médica. Especialista en Pediatría e Infectología. Investigador. Área de Epidem. del Plan de Salud y del Serv. de Clín. Méd. del H. Italiano de Bs. As.

Silvana Figar

Médica. Especialista en Clínica Médica. Magíster en Epidemiología. Coordinador del Área de Epidem. del Plan de Salud y del Serv. de Clín. Méd. del H. Italiano de Bs. As.

Patricia Matejic

Médica. Especialista en Clínica Médica. Coordinador. Dirección Médica del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Marcelo Marchetti

Médico. Especialista en Clínica Médica. Gerente. Dirección Médica del Plan de Salud del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Fernán González Bernaldo de Quiros

Médico. Especialista en Clínica Médica. Director del Área de Investigación en Medicina Interna. Vicedirector del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

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How to Cite

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Dawidowski A, Pereiro N, Schang MV, Gómez Saldaño AM, Figar S, Matejic P, Marchetti M, Bernaldo de Quiros FG. The 2009 Buenos Aires flu H1N1 epidemy and communication of community prevention measures. Rev. Salud Pública (Córdoba) [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 3 [cited 2024 May 18];14(1):24-32. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/7053

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Scientific Articles

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