Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Local Health Department Personnel in North Carolina, 2007-2008

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Kent, Jessica N ^a   Lea, C Suzanne ^a   Fang, Xiangming ^b   Novick, Lloyd F ^a   Morgan, Jo ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pitt County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953291812     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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