Attitudes to vaccination: A critical review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Yaqub, Ohid ^a   Castle Clarke, Sophie ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^c   Chataway, Joanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Choice; Europe; Hesitancy; Immunisation; Perception; Public health; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNIZATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; VACCINATION;

EUROPE;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE; EUROPE; HESITANCY; IMMUNISATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; HUMANS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84900469341     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.018     Document Type: Review

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