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Table 2 Information sources used by parents whose children were placed in home quarantine

From: Sources, perceived usefulness and understanding of information disseminated to families who entered home quarantine during the H1N1 pandemic in Victoria, Australia: a cross-sectional study

 

% who obtained information from source

 

Total

Case in household

No case in household

Information Source

n

%

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

School

257

86.5

51.0

(38.1, 63.7)

93.9

(89.8, 96.4)

Health Department

187

63.0

80.4

(64.2, 90.4)

59.3

(49.1, 68.8)

Media (newspaper/TV)

132

44.4

54.9

(42.4, 66.8)

42.3

(38.3, 46.4)

GP/other healthcare provider

84

28.3

58.8

(46.1, 70.5)

22.0

(15.6, 30.0)

Family/friends

51

17.2

13.7

(7.7, 23.1)

17.9

(14.4, 22.0)

Other

23

7.7

6.0

(2.4, 14.0)

8.1

(4.8, 13.3)