Titre :
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Factors influencing a communitywide campaign to administer hepatitis A vaccine to men who have sex with men. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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Michaei-S FRIEDMAN ;
Paul-A BLAKE ;
Lori-C HUITTWAGNER ;
Jane-E KOEHLER ;
Kathleen-E TOOMEY ;
Epidemiology and Prevention Branch. Georgia Division of Public Health. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 90, n° 12, 2000)
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Pagination :
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1942-1946
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Vaccination
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Prévention santé
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Hépatite virale A
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Virose
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Infection
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Homme
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Homosexualité
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Epidémie
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Campagne information
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Education santé
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Foie [pathologie]
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Appareil digestif [pathologie]
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 8FcR0xLR. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. A hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) led to a publicly funded vaccination campaign. We evaluated the MSM community's response. Methods. A cohort of MSM from 5 community sites was surveyed, Results, Thirty-four (19%) of 178 potential vaccine candidates received the vaccine during the campaign. We found a linear relation between the number of exposures to campaign information and the likelihood of vaccination (P<. vaccination was independently associated with awareness of the outbreak and vaccine having had sexual relations men for years or longer recently consulted a physician routinely reading local gay newspaper. conclusions. difficult task vaccinating msm can be aided by repetitive promotional messages especially via media.>
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