"I don't see an added value for myself": A qualitative study exploring the social cognitive variables associated with influenza vaccination of Belgian, Dutch and German healthcare personnel

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lehmann, Birthe A ^a   Ruiter, Robert A C ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^b   Van Dam, Dick ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c Microbiology Orbis Medisch en Zorgconcern   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Hospital; Influenza vaccination; Qualitative research; Social cognitive determinants

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84899967467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-407     Document Type: Article

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