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Table 2 Usefulness of Various Communication Strategies during the SARS outbreak to respondents (N = 34) (1= not at all useful to 5 = extremely useful)

From: A Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome extranet: supporting local communication and information dissemination

Communication strategy

N

Mean

SD

E-mail

34

4.4

0.8

Teleconference

33

4.3

0.8

Face-to-face meeting

31

4.2

1.0

Ontario MOHLTC SARS private website

28

4.1

0.9

Centre for Disease Control website

24

4.0

1.0

WHO SARS website

24

4.0

1.2

Health Canada

28

3.9

1.2

City of Hamilton's SARS Extranet

28

3.4

1.2

Fax

23

3.3

1.1

City of Toronto Public Health Department's website

20

3.3

1.3