Improving immunisation timeliness in Aboriginal children through personalised calendars

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abbott, Penelope ^a,b   Menzies, Robert ^c   Davison, Joyce ^a   Moore, Louise ^a   Wang, Han ^c  

^a Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Delayed immunisation; Immunisation; Indigenous; Timeliness of immunisation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879108726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-598     Document Type: Article

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