Factors affecting uptake of recommended immunizations among health care workers in South Australia

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 704-712

  Tuckerman, Jane L ^a,b   Collins, Joanne E ^a,b   Marshall, Helen S ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hospitals; Influenza; Pertussis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TETANUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WARD; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928658838     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1008886     Document Type: Article

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