A picture speaks a thousand words: Evaluation of a pictorial post-vaccination care resource in Australia

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Ali, Hammad ^a   Seale, Holly ^a   Ward, Kirsten ^b   Zwar, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales State Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

general practice; immunisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956408673     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10002     Document Type: Article

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