Reducing routine vaccination dropout rates: Evaluating two interventions in three Kenyan districts, 2014

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haji, Adam ^a,b   Lowther, S ^c   Ngan'Ga, Z ^a   Gura, Z ^b   Tabu, C ^b   Sandhu, H ^c   Arvelo, Wences ^b,c  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c Centers of Disease Control and Prevention   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dropout; Reminder; SMS; Sticker; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT DROPOUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84958156515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2823-5     Document Type: Article

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