Future pandemics and vaccination: Public opinion and attitudes across three European countries

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 803-808

  Determann, Domino ^a,b   de Bekker Grob, Esther W ^a   French, Jeff ^c,d   Voeten, Helene A ^e   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,e   Das, Enny ^f   Korfage, Ida J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Strategic Social Marketing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious diseases; Europe; Focus group discussions; Pandemic preparedness; Qualitative research; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DUTCHMAN; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLAND; POLISH CITIZEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDISH CITIZEN; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TRUST; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL NORMS; SWEDEN; TRUST; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958764356     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.12.035     Document Type: Article

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