Maternal knowledge and attitudes toward influenza vaccination: A focus group study in metropolitan atlanta

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1018-1025

  Gazmararian, Julie A ^a   Orenstein, Walter ^b   Prill, Mila ^c   Hitzhusen, Hannah B ^d   Coleman, Margaret S ^e   Pazol, Karen ^f   Oster, Natalia V ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d CMI Research   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Health care decision making; Immunizations; Medical communication; Medical education

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; VACCINATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952279148     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810373946     Document Type: Article

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