Effectiveness of a training intervention on immunization to increase knowledge of primary healthcare workers and vaccination coverage rates

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 949-958

  Uskun, Ersin ^a   Uskun, Suha Basar ^b   Uysalgenc, Meral ^b   Yagiz, Mehmet ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Province Health Directorate of Isparta   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunization training; Primary healthcare worker; Vaccination coverage rate

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH WORKER; IMMUNIZATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAINING; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIPHTHERIA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 50249146186     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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