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WhyZombie? Zombie Pop Culture to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Practices
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WhyZombie? Zombie Pop Culture to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Practices

Peta-Anne Zimmerman and Matthew Mason
Teaching Medicine and Medical Ethics Using Popular Culture, pp.55-69
Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture, PSSPC, Springer International Publishing
2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65451-5_4
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Abstract

Nursing Public Health and Health Services zombie pop culture
Wikipedia currently lists 383 feature length 'A-list' zombie films, released between 1932 and 2014. These films indicate a number of causes of 'zombification.' A significant number of these films had an infectious cause of some kind (viral, bacterial, parasite, extra-terrestrial, zoonotic or other biological cause). The chapter explores this phenomenon and indicates that global health issues result in an increase in the release of infectious biohorror films in the years following outbreaks such as SARS and pandemic influenza, influencing pop culture. There are clear indications that contemporary infection prevention control (IPC) technologies are evident in these films, successful or not. Using contemporary cultural influences allows healthcare workers and the public to contextualise IPC theory and practice in an accessible and memorable way.

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