Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of general practitioners/family physicians toward their own vaccination: A systematic review

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1282-1292

  Collange, Fanny ^a,b,c   Verger, Pierre ^b,c,d   Launay, Odile ^d,e   Pulcini, Céline ^f,g  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

attitude to health; general practice; immunization; primary care; vaccine; vaccine coverage; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine uptake

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FINANCIAL STATEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84963552925     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1138024     Document Type: Review

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