Influenza vaccination during pregnancy: Coverage rates and influencing factors in two urban districts in Sydney

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 5557-5564

  Maher, Louise ^a,b   Hope, Kirsty ^c   Torvaldsen, Siranda ^b   Lawrence, Glenda ^b   Dawson, Angela ^d   Wiley, Kerrie ^e,f   Thomson, Deborah ^c   Hayen, Andrew ^b   Conaty, Stephen ^c  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c South Western Sydney Local Health District   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pregnancy; Provider recommendation; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA; PREGNANCY; PROVIDER RECOMMENDATION; VACCINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886781049     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.081     Document Type: Article

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