Does a child's fear of needles decrease through a learning event with needles?

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Kajikawa, Natsuki ^a,b   Maeno, Takami ^b   Maeno, Tetsuhiro ^b  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fear of needle Health education; Health promotion; School age; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEEDLE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VACCINATION;

EID: 84940289920     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2014.942443     Document Type: Article

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