'Out of two bad choices, I took the slightly better one': Vaccination dilemmas for Scottish and Polish migrant women during the H1N1 influenza pandemic

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 505-511

  Sim, J A ^a   Ulanika, A A ^a   Katikireddi, S V ^a   Gorman, D ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H1N1 influenza; Lay perspectives on vaccination; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLISH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCOTTISH; SEASON; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

POLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961233880     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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