Attitudes toward vaccination and the H1N1 vaccine: Poor people's unfounded fears or legitimate concerns of the elite?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-18

  Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Raude, Jocelyn ^d,e   Sagaon Teyssier, Luis ^a,b   Constant, Aymery ^d,f   Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c   Beck, François ^g,h  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences EHESP Rennes Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^e Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g Institut National de Prévention et d Education pour la Santé French National Institute for Prevention and Health Education   (France)

^h EHESS Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward vaccination; France; Healthism; Influenza H1N1

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH SERVICES; INFLUENZA; MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

FRANCE;

ATTITUDES TOWARD VACCINATION; FRANCE; HEALTHISM; INFLUENZA H1N1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899526183     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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