Low uptake of influenza vaccine among university students: Evaluating predictors beyond cost and safety concerns

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1659-1663

  Bednarczyk, Robert A ^a,b   Chu, Samantha L ^b   Sickler, Heather ^b   Shaw, Jana ^c   Nadeau, Jessica A ^d   McNutt, Louise Anne ^b,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Student; University; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; SAFETY; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925272929     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.033     Document Type: Article

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