Too Scared or Too Capable? Why Do College Students Stay Away from the H1N1 Vaccine?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1703-1716

  Yang, Z Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Information seeking; Risk communication; Social norm; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL DATA; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EMOTION; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; ONLINE SURVEYS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK INFORMATION; SOCIAL NORM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION USE; VACCINES;

STUDENTS;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH EDUCATION; INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; STUDENT; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANDEMICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867032072     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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