Perceptions matter: Beliefs about influenza vaccine and vaccination behavior among elderly white, black and Hispanic Americans

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 6927-6934

  Wooten, Karen G ^a   Wortley, Pascale M ^a   Singleton, James A ^a   Euler, Gary L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Education; Elderly; Influenza vaccination; Race or ethnicity

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84868199321     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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