What is herd immunity, and how does it relate to pediatric vaccination uptake? US parent perspectives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 187-195

  Sobo, Elisa J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community immunity; Health literacy; Herd immunity; Immunization; Tragedy of the commons; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LITERACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84989869684     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.015     Document Type: Article

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