Social determinants of health and seasonal influenza vaccination in adults ≥65 years: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nagata, Jason M ^a   Hernández Ramos, Isabel ^b   Kurup, Anand Sivasankara ^c   Albrecht, Daniel ^c   Vivas Torrealba, Claudia ^c   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^e PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immunization; Influenza; Qualitative synthesis; Review; Social determinants of health; Thematic analysis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84876971078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-388     Document Type: Review

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