Bridging disparity: A multidisciplinary approach for influenza vaccination in an American Indian community

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 921-925

  Traeger, Marc ^a   Thompson, Alette ^a   Dickson, Elizabeth ^a   Provencio, Augustine ^a  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; ESKIMO; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ORDER; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; STAFF TRAINING; STANDING ORDER; WHITERIVER SERVICE UNIT;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 33646236547     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.049882     Document Type: Article

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