Challenges and opportunities of a new HPV immunization program. Perceptions among Swedish school nurses

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4576-4583

  Gottvall, Maria ^a   Tydén, Tanja ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^b   Stenhammar, Christina ^a   Höglund, Anna T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dilemmas; Focus groups; Gender; HPV; School nurses; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOL NURSING; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79958091442     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.04.054     Document Type: Article

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