Reducing missed opportunities to vaccinate during child health visits: How effective are parent education and case management?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-243

  Wood, David ^a,b   Schuster, Mark ^a,c   Donald Sherbourne, Cathy ^a   Duan, Naihua ^a   Mazel, Rabecca ^a   Halfon, Neal ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; PARENTS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031893606     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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