Influenza vaccination motivators among healthcare personnel in a large acute care hospital in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nutman, Amir ^a   Yoeli, Naomi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel vaccination uptake; Influenza vaccine; Knowledge, perceptions and attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992396763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13584-016-0112-5     Document Type: Article

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