A Study of Knowledge and Attitude towards Swine Flu (H1N1) among attendants of Primary Health Care Centers in New Damietta City

Aim of the work and objectivesTo assess the community knowledge, attitude and behavior towards the swine influenza (H1N1) pandemic, to raise the awareness of the public towards swine flu (H1N1) outbreak and to help health policy makers to control the swine flu outbreak.ConclusionResults of this study showed acceptable knowledge, attitude and behavior to Influenza A (H1N1) among the participantsThe 2009 swine flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1. On 11 June 2009, the World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to Phase 6, indicating that a full global pandemic was underway..