Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: A cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nankabirwa, Victoria ^a,b   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b   Tumwine, James K ^a   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^b,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; UGANDA; VACCINATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; UGANDA; VACCINATION;

EID: 78650073096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-92     Document Type: Article

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