Validation of the Vaccination Confidence Scale: A Brief Measure to Identify Parents at Risk for Refusing Adolescent Vaccines

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-49

  Gilkey, Melissa B ^a   Reiter, Paul L ^b   Magnus, Brooke E ^c   McRee, Annie Laurie ^b   Dempsey, Amanda F ^e   Brewer, Noel T ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent health; human papillomavirus vaccine; immunization; meningococcal vaccine; tetanus vaccine; vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 8; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINATION CONFIDENCE SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY; WART VIRUS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

EID: 84953638388     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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