An assessment of child immunization coverage and its determinants in Sinana District, Southeast Ethiopia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Legesse, Elias ^a   Dechasa, Worku ^a  

^a WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Child mortality and morbidity; Children; Coverage; Determinants; Immunization; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOTHER; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930206960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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