Gaps in parental understandings and experiences of vaccine-preventable diseases: A qualitative study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-179

  Hilton, S ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a   Petticrew, M ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Immunization; Infectious diseases; Parents; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RUBELLA; TETANUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846885258     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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