Communication and mass vaccination strategies after pertussis outbreak in rural amish communities-Illinois, 2009-2010

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Medina Marino, Andrew ^a,b   Reynolds, Debra ^a   Finley, Carol ^a   Hays, Susan ^c   Jones, Jane ^c   Soyemi, Kenneth ^a  

^a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c Douglas County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish community; Epidemiology; Health promotion; Mass vaccination; Pertussis outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMISH; AMISH COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PERTUSSIS; PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

AMISH COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS VACCINATION; PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK;

ADOLESCENT; AMISH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84884977523     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12019     Document Type: Article

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