Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Dubé, Eve ^a,b,c   Gagnon, Dominique ^b   Ouakki, Manale ^b   Bettinger, Julie A ^d   Guay, Maryse ^b,e   Halperin, Scott ^f   Wilson, Kumanan ^g   Graham, Janice ^f   Witteman, Holly O ^a,c   MacDonald, Shannon ^h,i   Fisher, William ^j   Monnais, Laurence ^k   Tran, Dat ^l   Gagneur, Arnaud ^e   Guichon, Juliet ^m   Saini, Vineet ^m,n   Heffernan, Jane M ^o   Meyer, Samantha ^p   Driedger, S Michelle ^q   Greenberg, Joshua ^r   MacDougall, Heather ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Université Laval   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁿ ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^o YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^r CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VACCINE HESITANCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

VACCINE;

CANADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 84975122028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156118     Document Type: Article

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