Closing the gap in Australian Aboriginal infant immunisation rates - The development and review of a pre-call strategy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cashman, Patrick M ^a   Allan, Natalie A ^a   Clark, Katrina K ^a   Butler, Michelle T ^a   Massey, Peter D ^a,b   Durrheim, David N ^a,b,c  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFANT; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TELEPHONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84975247319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3086-x     Document Type: Article

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