Pandemics and vaccines: Perceptions, reactions, and lessons learned from hard-to-reach Latinos and the H1N1 campaign

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1106-1122

  Cassady, Diana ^a   Castaneda, Xochitl ^b   Ruelas, Magdalena Ruiz ^c   Vostrejs, Meredith Miller ^d   Andrews, Teresa ^e   Osorio, Liliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Health Initiative of the Americas ^*  (United States)

^d Northern California Division   (United States)

^e UCD   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; H1N1; Hard to reach; Latino; Pandemics; Qualitative research; Risk perception; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864458879     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0086     Document Type: Article

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