Abstract
Anticipated Negative Responses by Students to Possible Ebola Virus Outbreak, Guangzhou, China.
Highlights
To the Editor: In 2014, a serious Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak occurred in West Africa [1]
About half of respondents believed that effective treatment and a vaccine were unavailable (51.9% and 59.1%, respectively); 22.2% anticipated EVD outbreaks among Africans in Guangzhou
Many students perceived severe consequences if a small EVD outbreak occurred in Guangzhou and believed an outbreak would have a high fatality rate (70.5%), EVD is highly infectious (65.4%), an outbreak would be of long duration (47.5%), and the number of infected persons would be high (39.9%); 52.5%–79.2% of respondents lacked confidence in the government’s ability to control an outbreak
Summary
To the Editor: In 2014, a serious Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak occurred in West Africa [1]. Our aim was to measure students’ anticipated negative emotional responses and avoidance activities (dependent variables) to a possible outbreak of EVD [5]. We constructed scales for the dependent and independent variables to assess EVD-related perceptions: 1) misconceptions/knowledge about transmission modes, 2) scenarios of an EVD outbreak in Guangzhou (chances, severity, control), 3) efficacy of preventive measures and self-protection, and 4) public stigma toward EVD survivors.
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