id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-321754-sy3ncwgw Yap, Jonathan Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey 2010-07-28 .txt text/plain 3851 194 44 title: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional knowledge, attitudes and practices survey in the Singapore military from mid-August to early-October 2009, among 3054 personnel in four exposure groups laboratory-confirmed H1N1-2009 cases, close contacts of cases, healthcare workers, and general personnel. The questionnaire collected basic demographic data on age, sex, ethnicity, education level and housing type while is a commonly-used national proxy for socio-economic status [19] ; and included questions on knowledge, attitudes, and practices on pandemic influenza. From the univariate analyses, significant predictors for higher practice scores included female sex, exposure group (patients, contacts and healthcare workers compared to general individuals), ethnicity (Malay and Indian compared to Chinese), older age group, private housing compared to 3 room flats, and higher knowledge and attitude scores. ./cache/cord-321754-sy3ncwgw.txt ./txt/cord-321754-sy3ncwgw.txt