Determination of factors required to increase uptake of influenza vaccination among hospital-based healthcare workers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Hopman, C E ^a,b   Riphagen Dalhuisen, J ^a,b   Looijmans van den Akker, I ^b   Frijstein, G ^c   Van der Geest Blankert, A D J ^d   Danhof Pont, M B ^e   De Jager, H J ^f   Bos, A A ^g   Smeets, E ^h   De Vries, M J T ^b   Gallee, P M M ⁱ   Lenderink, A F ^j   Hak, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Compliance; Determinants; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952701277     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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