The Vaccination Confidence Scale: A brief measure of parents' vaccination beliefs

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 6259-6265

  Gilkey, Melissa B ^a   Magnus, Brooke E ^a   Reiter, Paul L ^b   McRee, Annie Laurie ^b   Dempsey, Amanda F ^c   Brewer, Noel T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Human papillomavirus vaccine; Immunization; Meningococcal vaccine; Tetanus vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POVERTY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRUST; VACCINATION; VACCINATION CONFIDENCE SCALE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84907978515     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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