Strategies to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 339-346C

  Johri, Mira ^a   Pérez, Myriam Cielo ^b   Arsenault, Catherine ^c   Sharma, Jitendar K ^d   Pai, Nitika Pant ^c   Pahwa, Smriti ^e   Sylvestre, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^e Pratham/ASER Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; META-ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SCOPUS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928941927     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.146951     Document Type: Article

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