Communication strategies to promote the uptake of childhood vaccination in Nigeria: A systematic map

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Direcção Provincial de Saúde de Nampula   (Mozambique)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^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 SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Childhood vaccination; Communication interventions; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84969545644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.30337     Document Type: Article

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