Chinese older people in Hong Kong: health beliefs about influenza vaccination.
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.
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Enid Wai-yung
EW
Kwong
Ivy Oi-yi
IO
Lam
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*
D007252:Influenza Vaccines