Antenatal care provider's advice is the key determinant of influenza vaccination uptake in pregnant women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-137

  Mak, Donna B ^a,b   Regan, Annette K ^a,c   Joyce, Sarah ^a   Gibbs, Robyn ^a   Effler, Paul V ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

human; influenza; pregnancy; prenatal care; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OBSTETRICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; VACCINATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928780284     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12292     Document Type: Article

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