Predictors of protective behaviour against ticks in the UK: A mixed methods study

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 392-400

  Mowbray, Fiona ^a,b   AmlÔt, Richard ^b   Rubin, G James ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Disgust; Lyme borreliosis; Prevention; Tick borne disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

IXODIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901607194     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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