A media campaign to promote pneumococcal vaccinations: Is a telephone survey an effective evaluation strategy

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-234

  Holzman, Gregory S ^a   Harwell, Todd S ^b   Johnson, Elizabeth A ^c   Goldbaum, Gary ^d   Helgerson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Mountain Pacific Qual Hlth Found   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

community intervention; evaluation; public health

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 18944407513     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200505000-00008     Document Type: Article

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