Barriers and facilitators to influenza vaccination among high-risk groups aged less than 65 years - Views from general practitioners and practice nurses

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-561

  Zwar, Nicholas ^a,b   Hasan, Iqbal ^a   Harris, Mark ^a   Traynor, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult and middle aged; Health knowledge, attitude and practice; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; RISK REDUCTION; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 38349013195     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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