Infant vaccination timing: Beyond traditional coverage metrics for maximizing impact of vaccine programs, an example from southern Nepal

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 933-941

  Hughes, Michelle M ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Englund, Janet A ^b   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   Shrestha, Laxman ^d   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,c   Steinhoff, Mark ^e   Tielsch, James M ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood immunization; Nepal; Vaccination coverage; Vaccination timeliness

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; NEPAL; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEPAL; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84957841925     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.12.061     Document Type: Article

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