Varying cognitive targets and response rates to enhance the question-behaviour effect: An 8-arm Randomized Controlled Trial on influenza vaccination uptake

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-142

  Conner, Mark ^a   Sandberg, Tracy ^a   Nekitsing, Chandani ^a   Hutter, Russell ^a   Wood, Chantelle ^b   Jackson, Cath ^c   Godin, Gaston ^d   Sheeran, Paschal ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

General public; Immunization; Question behaviour effect; Randomized Controlled Trial; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COGNITION; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENTION; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85016023426     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.037     Document Type: Article

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