The role of risk communication in public health interventions. An analysis of risk communication for a community quarantine in Germany to curb the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

<h4>Background</h4>Separating ill or possibly infectious people from their healthy community is one of the core principles of non-pharmaceutical interventions. However, there is scarce evidence on how to successfully implement quarantine orders. We investigated a community quarantine for...

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Main Authors: Juliane Scholz, Wibke Wetzker, Annika Licht, Rainer Heintzmann, André Scherag, Sebastian Weis, Mathias Pletz, Cornelia Betsch, Michael Bauer, Petra Dickmann, CoNAN study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256113