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Motivating Factors In Completing Tetanus Immunization, Eva Mae Krohn Leech Sep 1965

Motivating Factors In Completing Tetanus Immunization, Eva Mae Krohn Leech

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It was the problem of this study to find out the number of people who were given tetanus antitoxin who did and did not initiate and complete tetanus immunization and to find out why they did or did not do so. The subjects were patients from two hospitals who had been given tetanus antitoxin sometime between January 1, 1963, and October 15, 1963. These subjects were contacted through the use of a questionnaire. The 75 who returned the questionnaire were considered respondents of the study.

This sample was composed primarily of men who were married and were members of the …