Assessing parents' knowledge and attitudes towards seasonal influenza vaccination of children before and after a seasonal influenza vaccination effectiveness study in low-income urban and rural Kenya, 2010-2011

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oria, Prisca Adhiambo ^a   Arunga, Geoffrey ^a   Lebo, Emmaculate ^a   Wong, Joshua M ^a   Emukule, Gideon ^a   Muthoka, Philip ^b   Otieno, Nancy ^a   Mutonga, David ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Katz, Mark A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Attitude; Children; Kenya; Low income; Parent; Seasonal influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84876998112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-391     Document Type: Article

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