Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
J Janiec (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, A Zielicka-Hardy<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, A Polkowska<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, J Rogalska<SUP>4</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, M Sadkowska-Todys<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Janiec J, Zielicka-Hardy A, Polkowska A, Rogalska J, Sadkowska-Todys M. Did public health travel advice reach EURO 2012 football fans? A social network survey. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(31)
ii=20238. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20238
Date of submission: 26 July 2012 <HR>We posted a survey on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)?s EURO 2012 Facebook profile to evaluate whether public health travel advice, specifically on the importance of measles vaccination, reached fans attending EURO 2012. Responses suggested that these messages were missed by 77% of fans. Social networks could serve as innovative platforms to conduct surveys, enabling rapid access to target populations at low cost and could be of use during upcoming mass gatherings such as the Olympics.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 31, 02 August 2012
Rapid communications
Did public health travel advice reach EURO 2012 football fans? A social network survey
Rapid communications
Did public health travel advice reach EURO 2012 football fans? A social network survey
J Janiec (
- Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
- European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), Surveillance and Response Support Unit project on mass gatherings support, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Citation style for this article: Janiec J, Zielicka-Hardy A, Polkowska A, Rogalska J, Sadkowska-Todys M. Did public health travel advice reach EURO 2012 football fans? A social network survey. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(31)
ii=20238. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20238 Date of submission: 26 July 2012 <HR>We posted a survey on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)?s EURO 2012 Facebook profile to evaluate whether public health travel advice, specifically on the importance of measles vaccination, reached fans attending EURO 2012. Responses suggested that these messages were missed by 77% of fans. Social networks could serve as innovative platforms to conduct surveys, enabling rapid access to target populations at low cost and could be of use during upcoming mass gatherings such as the Olympics.