Journal
VACCINE
Volume 28, Issue 33, Pages 5389-5397Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.071
Keywords
Influenza; Vaccination; Prevalence studies; Pregnancy; Chinese; Asian
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- Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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A total of 568 pregnant women in Hong Kong were interviewed. Of them. 85 4% had heard of influenza vaccine, 21.3% had ever been vaccinated, 39% self-reported receiving influenza vaccination (IV) in the 2005/2006 flu season, and 33% were inclined toward receiving IV in the coming year. Multivariate analysis showed that those who had been recommended by health care professionals to receive IV during pregnancy were more likely than others to have received IV Other variables related to the Health Belief Model were significantly associated with having ever been vaccinated or inclined toward receiving IV in the coming year (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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