1. Cultural epidemiology of pandemic influenza in urban and rural Pune, India: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study
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Neisha Sundaram, Abhay Kudale, Mitchell G. Weiss, Vidula Purohit, and Christian Schaetti
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Gerontology ,Adult ,Male ,Rural Population ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Urban Population ,Cross-sectional study ,Explanatory model ,India ,Young Adult ,Cultural diversity ,Pandemic ,Influenza, Human ,Global health ,Medicine ,Humans ,Socioeconomics ,Pandemics ,Aged ,business.industry ,Public health ,Research ,General Medicine ,Cultural Diversity ,Middle Aged ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Infectious Diseases ,Vignette ,Female ,Rural area ,PUBLIC HEALTH ,business - Abstract
Objective To identify and compare sociocultural features of pandemic influenza with reference to illness-related experience, meaning and behaviour in urban and rural areas of India. Design Cross-sectional, mixed-methods, cultural epidemiological survey with vignette-based interviews. Semistructured explanatory model interviews were used to study community ideas of the 2009 influenza pandemic. In-depth interviews elaborated respondents’ experience during the pandemic. Setting Urban and rural communities, Pune district, western India. Participants Survey of urban (n=215) and rural (n=221) residents aged between 18 and 65 years. In-depth interviews of respondents with a history of 2009 pandemic influenza (n=6). Results More urban (36.7%) than rural respondents (16.3%, p
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- 2014