Physician communication about adolescent vaccination: How is human papillomavirus vaccine different?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-185

  Gilkey, Melissa B ^a   Moss, Jennifer L ^b   Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^c   Hall, Megan E ^b   Shah, Parth D ^b   Brewer, Noel T ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Health communication; Human papillomavirus infections prevention control; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX RATIO; SPECIALIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VACCINATION; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IMMUNIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARENTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84935837658     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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