Parental perceptions and predictors of consent for school-located influenza vaccination in urban elementary school children in the United States

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 255-262

  Cheung, Susan ^a   Wang, Hai Lin ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^b   El Amin, Alvin Nelson ^c   Pannaraj, Pia S ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b Acute Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; School located influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PANDEMIC; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938894793     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12332     Document Type: Article

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