Tailored Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination in Neighborhood Health Centers Serving the Disadvantaged

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1699-1705

  Zimmerman, Richard K ^a,b   Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Tabbarah, Melissa ^a   Hall, David G ^c   Wahrenberger, J Todd ^d   Wilson, Stephen A ^e   Ricci, Edmund M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c East Liberty Family Health Care Center   (United States)

^d Northside Christian Health Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICY; REMINDER SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0642345353     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1699     Document Type: Article

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