Literature DB >> 7999218

How disease prevention fails without good communication.

E O Ekunwe1, P Taylor, R Macauley, O Ayodele.   

Abstract

Even where resources are plentiful, efforts to achieve full immunization coverage fail if staff and users are misinformed and unmotivated. A highly practical study in Lagos pinpoints some of these failures and suggests ways of overcoming them.

Keywords:  Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Child Health; Client-staff Relations; Communication; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases--prevention and control; English Speaking Africa; Health; Health Services; Immunization; Interpersonal Relations; Nigeria; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Recommendations; Urban Population; Western Africa

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Year:  1994        PMID: 7999218

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  World Health Forum        ISSN: 0251-2432


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