Poison or Prevention? Understanding the Linkages between Vaccine-Negative Individuals’ Knowledge Deficiency, Motivations, and Active Communication Behaviors

Health Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1088-1096

  Krishna, Arunima ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; TRUST; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TRUST; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 85021079496     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1331307     Document Type: Article

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