Increasing inner-city adult influenza vaccination rates: A randomized controlled trial

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Humiston, Sharon G ^a,b   Bennett, Nancy M ^a,c   Long, Christine ^a,c   Eberly, Shirley ^a   Arvelo, Lourdes ^a   Stankaitis, Joseph ^d   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Monroe County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d Monroe Plan for Medical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEASONAL INFLUENZA; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLUENZA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052076805     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s206     Document Type: Article

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