The role of television advertising in increasing pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly, North Coast, New South Wales, 2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Wallace, Cate ^a   Corben, Paul ^b   Turahui, John ^b   Gilmour, Robin ^a  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Invasive pneumoccal disease; Rural populations; Social marketing; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL MARKETING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TELEVISION; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEVISION; VACCINATION;

EID: 55049138940     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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