Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak
Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak
Date
2012-11-20
Authors
Kavanagh, Anne
Mason, Kate E
Bentley, Rebecca J
Studdert, David M
McVernon, Jodie
Fielding, James E
Petrony, Sylvia
Gurrin, Lyle
LaMontagne, Anthony D
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd.
Abstract
The Australian state of Victoria, with 5.2 million residents, enforced home quarantine during a H1N1
pandemic in 2009. The strategy was targeted at school children. The objective of this study was to investigate the
extent to which parents’ access to paid sick leave or paid carer’s leave was associated with (a) time taken off work
to care for quarantined children, (b) household finances, and (c) compliance with quarantine recommendations.
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Keywords
Public health,
Infection,
Australia
Citation
Kavanagh, A.M., Mason, K.E., Bentley, R.J., Studdert, D.M., McVernon, J., Fielding, J.E., Petrony, S., Gurrin, L. and LaMontagne, A.D., 2012. Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12:311.