Trust and the demand for autonomy may explain the low rates of immunizations among nurses

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-107

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Madjar, Batya ^b   Grefat, Rami ^b   Rishpon, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autonomy; Influenza; Nurses; Pertussis; Trust; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISRAEL; JEW; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST;

ATTITUDES; AUTONOMY; INFLUENZA; NURSES; PERTUSSIS; TRUST; VACCINATIONS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874719649     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.22503     Document Type: Article

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