Sorting through search results: A content analysis of HPV vaccine information online

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3741-3746

  Madden, Kelly ^a   Nan, Xiaoli ^a   Briones, Rowena ^a   Waks, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health belief model; HPV vaccine; Internet; Websites

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STROKE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS; WEB BROWSER;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84861000172     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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