What factors affect influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling older Chinese people in Hong Kong general outpatient clinics?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 960-971

  Kwong, Enid Wai Yung ^a   Lam, Ivy Oi Yi ^b   Chan, Tony Moon Fai ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community care; Elder care; Hong Kong; Influenza vaccination; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 61849146704     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02548.x     Document Type: Article

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