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J Infect Public Health. 2016 Jul 13. pii: S1876-0341(16)30093-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.06.004. [Epub ahead of print]
Perceived concern about the new strain of the influenza and obtaining the vaccine in China, Japan and South Korea.
Kamimura A1, Armenta BA2, Nourian MM3, Wright L4, Rathi N5, Chernenko A2.
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Abstract
This study compares the factors, which influence individuals from the countries of China, Japan and South Korea to obtain any type of influenza vaccines and their perceived concerns about the new strain of the influenza - pandemic (H1N1) 2009. The data analyzed was from the East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Health and Society in East Asia, 2010 (ICPSR 34608) (N=7938). The results of this study suggest that individuals who are concerned about the new strain of influenza are more likely to have obtained influenza vaccine. In these countries, perceived concerns may be directly related to vaccine-related behaviors. The results of this study also indicate that there are variations within each country regarding as to why individuals do or do not obtain the influenza vaccine. Over all, this project provides new insights about the acquisition of the influenza vaccine within China, Japan and South Korea, which will be useful for medical practice within these countries and future research.
Copyright ? 2016 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
China; Japan; South Korea; influenza vaccine; perceptions; social factors
PMID: 27423930 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.06.004
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Perceived concern about the new strain of the influenza and obtaining the vaccine in China, Japan and South Korea.
Kamimura A1, Armenta BA2, Nourian MM3, Wright L4, Rathi N5, Chernenko A2.
Author information
Abstract
This study compares the factors, which influence individuals from the countries of China, Japan and South Korea to obtain any type of influenza vaccines and their perceived concerns about the new strain of the influenza - pandemic (H1N1) 2009. The data analyzed was from the East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Health and Society in East Asia, 2010 (ICPSR 34608) (N=7938). The results of this study suggest that individuals who are concerned about the new strain of influenza are more likely to have obtained influenza vaccine. In these countries, perceived concerns may be directly related to vaccine-related behaviors. The results of this study also indicate that there are variations within each country regarding as to why individuals do or do not obtain the influenza vaccine. Over all, this project provides new insights about the acquisition of the influenza vaccine within China, Japan and South Korea, which will be useful for medical practice within these countries and future research.
Copyright ? 2016 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
China; Japan; South Korea; influenza vaccine; perceptions; social factors
PMID: 27423930 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.06.004
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]