By The Huffington Post News Editors
A new study shows that doctors’ healthy behaviors may have an impact on their patients’ healthy behaviors.
The research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, shows an association between doctors’ adherence to vaccine recommendations (like getting a flu shot) and patients’ adherence to the recommendations.
“While physicians’ health habits are generally exemplary, doctors could improve some of their personal screening and vaccination practices, which should improve the health practices of their patients,” study researcher Dr. Erica Frank, of the University of British Columbia, said in a statement.