Predicting influenza vaccination uptake among health care workers: What are the key motivators?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 679-684

  Corace, Kimberly ^a,b   Prematunge, Chatura ^a,b   McCarthy, Anne ^a,b   Nair, Rama C ^a   Roth, Virginia ^a,b   Hayes, Thomas ^b   Suh, Kathryn N ^a,b   Balfour, Louise ^a,b   Garber, Gary ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health Belief Model; Health care worker; Influenza vaccination; Motivators and barriers; pH1N1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDES; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE WORKER; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MOTIVATORS AND BARRIERS; PH1N1;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84880917576     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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