Successful promotion of hepatitis B vaccinations among Vietnamese-American children ages 3 to 18: Results of a controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1278-1288

  McPhee, Stephen J ^a   Nguyen, Thoa ^a   Euler, Gary L ^b   Mock, Jeremiah ^a   Wong, Ching ^a   Lam, Tram ^a   Nguyen, Walter ^c   Nguyen, Sang ^c   Ha, Martin Quach Huynh ^d   Do, Son T ^e   Buu, Chau ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c EDCC   (United States)

^d Terry Research and Development   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Catch up; Hepatitis B vaccination; Vietnamese Americans

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ASIAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0037567663     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.6.1278     Document Type: Article

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