Flu Vaccines
Reports summarize flu vaccines study results from Roche, Department of Family Medicine
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 8th, 2006
New investigation results, "Barrier to pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations in Black elderly communities: mistrust," are detailed in a study published in Journal of the National Medical Association. "To understand the role of trust of medical institutions in the decision by elderly black Americans to receive pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations. Cross-sectional, qualitative study, using semistructured in-depth interviews. Twenty black Americans age >or=65 years from two different socioeconomic groups," investigators in the United States report.
"Six main themes were identified: prevention, vaccine-caused illnesses, vaccines as irrelevant to health, experience...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-11-08)
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