Promotion of influenza vaccination among health care workers: Findings from a tertiary care children's hospital in Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cozza, Vanessa ^a,b   Alfonsi, Valeria ^c   Rota, Maria Cristina ^c   Paolini, Valerio ^b   Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication campaign; Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84937782397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2067-9     Document Type: Article

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