Minding the immunization gap: family characteristics associated with completion rates in rural Ethiopia

Sullivan, M-Christine.; Tegegn, A.; Tessema, F.; Galea, S.; Hadley, C.

Journal of Community Health 35(1): 53-59

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 0094-5145
PMID: 19847631
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9192-2
Document Number: 209785
To examine risk factors for lack of immunization, we tested the impact of maternal, paternal, and household variables on child immunization status in children >=1 year in a rural area of Ethiopia. Data collected by face-to-face interview on maternal, paternal, household and child variables from cross-sectional random sample community-based study on health and well-being in rural Ethiopia was used to test hypotheses on immunization status of children (n=924).

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Minding the immunization gap: family characteristics associated with completion rates in rural Ethiopia