Health visitors’ perception of their role in the universal childhood immunisation programme and their communication strategies with parents

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Redsell, Sarah A ^a   Bedford, Helen ^b   Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^c   Collier, Jacqueline ^a   Atkinson, Philippa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^d Nottingham City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; decision making; health visitors; immunisation; MMR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859576948     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423609990284     Document Type: Article

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