Minding the immunization gap: Family characteristics associated with completion rates in rural Ethiopia

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Sullivan, Mary Christine ^a,b   Tegegn, Ayalew ^c   Tessema, Fasil ^c   Galea, Sandro ^d   Hadley, Craig ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANC; DPT3; Immunization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449105235     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9192-2     Document Type: Article

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