Mapping how information about childhood vaccination is communicated in two regions of Cameroon: What is done and where are the gaps? Health policies, systems and management in low and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ames, Heather ^a   Njang, Diangha Mabel ^b   Glenton, Claire ^a   Fretheim, Atle ^a,c   Kaufman, Jessica ^d   Hill, Sophie ^d   Oku, Afiong ^e   Cliff, Julie ^f   Cartier, Yuri ^g   Bosch Capblanch, Xavier ^h,i   Rada, Gabriel ^j   Muloliwa, Artur ^k   Oyo Ita, Angela ^e   Lewin, Simon ^a,l  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^f Eduardo Mondlane University   (South Africa)

^g International Union for Health Promotion and Education   (France)

^h SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^k Direcção Provincial de Saúde de Nampula   (South Africa)

^l SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Cameroon; Caregivers; Childhood vaccination; Communication; Consumer; Demand generation; Immunization; Intervention; Low and middle income country; Parents; Taxonomy; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAMEROON; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CAMEROON; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84954074854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2557-9     Document Type: Article

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