Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccination uptake among health care workers in Qatar: Motivators and barriers

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2206-2211

  Alkuwari, Mohamed Ghaith ^a   Aziz, Nagah A ^a   Nazzal, Zaher A S ^b   Al Nuaimi, Saad A ^c  

^a PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza A H1N1; Qatar; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 79951787123     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.08.093     Document Type: Article

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