Risk factors of underutilization of childhood immunizations in ultraorthodox Jewish communities in Israel despite high access to health care services

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2109-2115

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a   Abed El Hai, Reem ^a   Amit Aharon, Anat ^b   Nehama, Haim ^b   Gondia, Mervat ^a   Davidovitch, Nadav ^c   Goren, Sophy ^a   Cohen, Dani ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Public Health Services   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Parental beliefs; Refusals; Routine vaccination; Ultraorthodox; Underutilization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISRAEL; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINES;

EID: 84857366618     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.044     Document Type: Article

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