Did H1N1 influenza prevention messages reach the vulnerable population along the mississippi gulf coast?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Freiman, Alexander J ^a   Montgomery, Jolynn P ^a   Green, John J ^b   Thomas, Dana L ^a   Kleiner, Anna M ^c   Boulton, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H1N1 influenza; Mississippi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78650831187     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181fb8002     Document Type: Article

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