Chinese older people in Hong Kong: health beliefs about influenza vaccination.
Nurs Older People
; 20(7): 29-33, 2008 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18853548
ABSTRACT
A health belief survey of 70 community-dwelling Chinese older people was carried out in five general outpatient clinics in the Kowloon East hospital cluster of Hong Kong. Subjects were asked about their susceptibility to influenza, their perceptions of its severity, and benefits of and barriers to vaccination. Beliefs in their own good health, the effectiveness of cultural measures adopted to prevent influenza and its curability may be among the reasons why those who decline the vaccination thought they were unlikely to catch the virus. Community nurses should help modify people's health beliefs to motivate them to take up vaccination.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aged
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Influenza Vaccines
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Attitude to Health
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Vaccination
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Asian People
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
/
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Aged80
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Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Nurs Older People
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
/
GERIATRIA
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hong Kong