Attitudes to HPV vaccination among ethnic minority mothers in the UK: An exploratory qualitative study

Human Vaccines

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Marlow, Laura A V ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Waller, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethnicity; Inequality; Papillomavirus; Parents

Indexed keywords

HPV VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RELIGION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 62749155064     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.5.2.7368     Document Type: Article

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