Pandemics and health equity: Lessons learned from the H1N1 response in Los Angeles County

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-27

  Plough, Alonzo ^a,c   Bristow, Benjamin ^a,b   Fielding, Jonathan ^a,b   Caldwell, Stephanie ^a   Khan, Sinan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; H1N1; pandemics; public health preparedness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASS VACCINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST;

EID: 78650809768     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181ff2ad7     Document Type: Article

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