A cross sectional survey of attitudes, awareness and uptake of the parental pertussis booster vaccine as part of a cocooning strategy, Victoria, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Donnan, Ellen J ^a,b   Fielding, James E ^a,c   Rowe, Stacey L ^a   Franklin, Lucinda J ^a   Vally, Hassan ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Diphtheria tetanus acellular; Parents; Pertussis vaccines; Victoria

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PERTUSSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTORIA; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880335381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-676     Document Type: Article

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