Randomized controlled trial to improve childhood immunization adherence in rural Pakistan: Redesigned immunization card and maternal education

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Usman, Hussain R ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^b   Kristensen, Sibylle ^a   Vermund, Sten H ^c   Kirby, Russell S ^d   Habib, Faiza ^e   Chamot, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood immunization; Dropouts; Expanded programme on immunization; Pakistan; Randomized controlled trial; Redesigned card

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION CARD; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL AREA; TETANUS; VACCINE FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS VACCINATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 79951761025     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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