The effectiveness of telephone reminders and home visits to improve measles, mumps and rubella immunization coverage rates in children

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lemstra, Mark ^a   Rajakumar, Derek ^a   Thompson, Adam ^b   Moraros, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Intervention studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REMINDER SYSTEM; RUBELLA; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80053974956     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.1.e1     Document Type: Article

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