Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Abram L. Wagner (Author), Matthew L. Boulton (Author), Xiaodong Sun (Author), Bhramar Mukherjee (Author), Zhuoying Huang (Author), Irene A. Harmsen (Author), Jia Ren (Author), Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In China, the measles vaccine is offered for free whereas the pneumococcal vaccine is a for-fee vaccine. This difference has the potential to influence how caregivers evaluate whether a vaccine is important or necessary for their child, but it is unclear if models of health behav...