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Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach
The outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza (henceforth, swine flu) in 2009 was characterized mainly by morbidity rates among young people. This study examined the factors affecting the intention to be vaccinated against the swine flu among students in Israel. Questionnaires were distributed in December 2009 a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22229099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/353207 |
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author | Teitler-Regev, Sharon Shahrabani, Shosh Benzion, Uri |
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description | The outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza (henceforth, swine flu) in 2009 was characterized mainly by morbidity rates among young people. This study examined the factors affecting the intention to be vaccinated against the swine flu among students in Israel. Questionnaires were distributed in December 2009 among 387 students at higher-education institutions. The research questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics and Health Belief Model principles. The results show that the factors positively affecting the intention to take the swine flu vaccine were past experience with seasonal flu shot and three HBM categories: higher levels of perceived susceptibility for catching the illness, perceived seriousness of illness, and lower levels of barriers. We conclude that offering the vaccine at workplaces may raise the intention to take the vaccine among young people in Israel. |
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spelling | pubmed-32495932012-01-06 Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach Teitler-Regev, Sharon Shahrabani, Shosh Benzion, Uri Adv Prev Med Research Article The outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza (henceforth, swine flu) in 2009 was characterized mainly by morbidity rates among young people. This study examined the factors affecting the intention to be vaccinated against the swine flu among students in Israel. Questionnaires were distributed in December 2009 among 387 students at higher-education institutions. The research questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics and Health Belief Model principles. The results show that the factors positively affecting the intention to take the swine flu vaccine were past experience with seasonal flu shot and three HBM categories: higher levels of perceived susceptibility for catching the illness, perceived seriousness of illness, and lower levels of barriers. We conclude that offering the vaccine at workplaces may raise the intention to take the vaccine among young people in Israel. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011 2011-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3249593/ /pubmed/22229099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/353207 Text en Copyright © 2011 Sharon Teitler-Regev et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Teitler-Regev, Sharon Shahrabani, Shosh Benzion, Uri Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title | Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title_full | Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title_fullStr | Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title_short | Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach |
title_sort | factors affecting intention among students to be vaccinated against a/h1n1 influenza: a health belief model approach |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22229099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/353207 |
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