Paid maternity leave and childhood vaccination uptake: Longitudinal evidence from 20 low-and-middle-income countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-117

  Hajizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Heymann, Jody ^b   Strumpf, Erin ^c   Harper, Sam ^c   Nandi, Arijit ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood vaccination; Low and middle income countries; Maternity leave

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; IMMUNIZATION; LABOR POLICY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PAID MATERNITY LEAVE; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; FAMILY LEAVE; HEALTH; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTAL LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84938269700     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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