Adolescent immunization rates and the effect of socio-demographic factors on immunization in a cosmopolitan city (ERZURUM) in the eastern Turkey


Alp H., Altinkaynak S., Arikan D., Ozyazicioglu N.

HEALTH POLICY, cilt.76, sa.2, ss.179-185, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 76 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.06.015
  • Dergi Adı: HEALTH POLICY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.179-185
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Pediatric vaccinations have decreased the incidence and mortality from infectious diseases in children, but adolescents continue to be adversely affected by vaccine preventable disease. The present study was performed to determine the status of adolescents immunization and to investigate the effect of several socio-demographic factors on immunization.