Barriers to immunizations: Multiethnic parents of under- And unimmunized children speak

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Niederhauser, Victoria P ^a   Markowitz, Malama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Focus groups; Immunizations; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 33847250891     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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