Maternal education and child immunization: The mediating roles of maternal literacy and socioeconomic status

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Balogun, Saliu Adejumobi ^a,b   Yusuff, Hakeem Abiola ^b,c   Yusuf, Kehinde Quasim ^d   Al Shenqiti, Abdulah Mohammed ^d   Balogun, Mariam Temitope ^e   Tettey, Prudence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Otun Centre for Health and Social Research   (Nigeria)

^c Department of Produce Services   (Nigeria)

^d TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Life without Barriers   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Immunization; Literacy; Mediation; Nigeria; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LITERACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LITERACY; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020784974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.217.11856     Document Type: Article

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