Influenza vaccine uptake among staff in care homes in Nottinghamshire: A random cluster sample survey

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Shroufi, A ^a   Copping, J ^b   Musonda, P ^c   Vivancos, R ^c,d   Langden, V ^e   Armstrong, S ^f   Slack, R ^e  

^a NHS Mid Essex   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Nottingham City   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Cheshire and Merseyside Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; INFLUENZA; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449608776     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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