Innovative approaches for understanding seasonal influenza vaccine declination in healthcare personnel support development of new campaign strategies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 924-931

  Schult, Tamara M ^a   Awosika, Ebi R ^a,b   Hodgson, Michael J ^a   Hirsch, Pamela R ^a   Nichol, Kristin L ^b,c   Dyrenforth, Sue R ^a   Moore, Scott C ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864919512     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667370     Document Type: Article

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