Motivating factors for high rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 5963-5969

  Hakim, Hana ^a   Gaur, Aditya H ^a   McCullers, Jonathan A ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Mandatory; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 79960743605     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.041     Document Type: Article

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