Missed opportunities and caretaker constraints to childhood vaccination in a rural area in Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 347-354

  Tugumisirize, F ^a   Tumwine, J K ^a   Mworozi, E A ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; VACCINATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036661602     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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