What mothers in the women, infants, and children (WIC) program feel about WIC and immunization linkage activities: A summary of focus groups in Wisconsin

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Shefer, Abigail ^a,e   Mezoff, Jane ^a   Caspari, Diane ^b   Bolton, Marilyn ^c   Herrick, Patti ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b City of Milwaukee Health Department   (United States)

^c Regional Offices   (United States)

^d Division of Health   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031884150     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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