Understanding public perceptions of the HPV vaccination based on online comments to Canadian news articles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Feinberg, Yael ^a   Pereira, Jennifer A ^a   Quach, Susan ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,b,c,d,e   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,b   Wilson, Sarah E ^a,b   Guay, Maryse ^f,g,h   Lei, Yang ^a   Deeks, Shelley L ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^h HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

CANADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84936066350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129587     Document Type: Article

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