Occupational vaccination of health care workers: Uptake, attitudes and potential solutions

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 755-762

  Little, K E ^a   Goodridge, S ^a   Lewis, H ^a   Lingard, S W ^a   Din, S ^b   Tidley, M ^b   Roberts, R J ^a   Williams, N S ^a   Hayes, S ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; MMR; Occupational health; Policies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; INFLUENZA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MUMPS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84931568926     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

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