Assessment of missing immunizations and immunization-related barriers among WIC populations at the local level

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-606

  Ghosh, Tista S ^a   Patnaik, Jennifer L ^a   Bennett, Anne ^a   Trefren, Lynn ^a   Vogt, Richard L ^a  

^a Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; UNDERVACCINATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINE SHORTAGE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MOTHER; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148845119     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200507     Document Type: Article

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