Vaccine receipt and vaccine card availability among children of the apostolic faith: Analysis from the 2010-2011 Zimbabwe demographic and health survey

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kriss, Jennifer Lara ^a   Goodson, James ^a   Machekanyanga, Zorodzai ^b   Shibeshi, Messeret Eshetu ^b   Daniel, Fussum ^b   Masresha, Balcha ^b   Kaiser, Reinhard ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apostolic faith; Immunization; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccine refusal; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84989284848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.47.8663     Document Type: Article

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