Department of International Health, The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 May-Jun;24(3):223-30. doi: 10.1017/s1049023x00006853.
There is a common belief that an influenza pandemic not only is inevitable, but that it is imminent. It is further believed by some, and dramatized by a 2006 made-for-television-movie, that such a pandemic will herald an end to life as we know it. Are such claims hyperboles, or does a pandemic represent the most significant threat to public health in the new millennium? Any potential effects of a disease on a population are mediated not only through the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease itself, but through the psychological and behavioral reactions that such a disease might engender. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the potential psychological and behavioral reactions that may accompany an influenza pandemic.
有一种普遍的观点认为，流感大流行不仅是不可避免的，而且迫在眉睫。一些人进一步认为，并且 2006 年的一部电视电影也对此进行了渲染，称这样的大流行将预示着我们所知道的生命的终结。这些说法是夸张之词，还是大流行代表了新千年对公众健康的最大威胁？疾病对人群的任何潜在影响不仅通过疾病本身的病理生理机制来介导，而且还通过这种疾病可能引发的心理和行为反应来介导。本文旨在探讨可能伴随流感大流行出现的潜在心理和行为反应。
