Effectiveness of a smart phone app on improving immunization of children in rural Sichuan Province, China: Study protocol for a paired cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Li ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Du, Xiaozhen ^a   Rao, Xiuqin ^a   Van Velthoven, Michelle Helena ^b   Yang, Ruikan ^c   Zhang, Lin ^c   Koepsell, Jeanne Catherine ^d   Li, Ye ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility Studies MeSH ; Immunization MeSH ; Randomized controlled trial; Usability

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CELL PHONES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84899061265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-262     Document Type: Article

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