polio immunization - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Immunization: The Reality behind the Myth

Book by Walene James; Bergin & Garvey, 1995

Subjects:

Alternative Medicine, Immunization Of Children--Complications, Immunization--Complications, Natural Immunity

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...2. Are Immunizations Harmless...MMR and Polio Vaccines...pointed out that immunization programs against flu, measles, mumps, polio and so forth, may...Dangers of Childhood Immunizations," January 12...pointed out that polio disappeared in...
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Polio: An American Story

Book by David M. Oshinsky; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

Polio: An American Story DAVID M. OSHINSKY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS POLIO ALSO BY DAVID M. OSHINSKY Worse Than Slavery: Parchman...Oxford Cotrapauiou to United States History (co-editor) POLIO An American Story DAVID M. OSHINSKY OXFORD UNIVERSITY...
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In the Shadow of Polio: A Personal and Social History

Book by Kathryn Black; Addison-Wesley, 1996

Subjects:

Black, Virginia--D. 1956--Health, Poliomyelitis--Patients--Arizona--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

In the Shadow of POLIO -ii- In the Shadow of POLIO A Personal and Social History KATHRYN BLACK ADDISON-WESLEY...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Black, Kathryn. In the shadow of polio: a personal and social history / Kathryn Black. p. cm...
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The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

Book by Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer; Rutgers University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis Vaccine--History, Poliomyelitis--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...undergone this natural immunization process contracted...The symptoms of polio went unnoticed...established Committee on Immunization, whose members...leading figures in polio research. In May...bear the cost of immunization, and who should...limited supplies of polio vaccine. HEW secretary...
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Health Economics in Development

Book by Philip Musgrove; World Bank, 2004

Subjects:

Medical Economics--Developing Countries

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...Research on Post-Certitication Polio Immunization Policies. October 7-8, Geneva...measures such as sanitation and immunization. But the char- acter of health...all children have a right to immunization, but public promotion of...

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Immunization among African American Children: Implications for Social Work

Journal article by Valire Carr Copeland; Health and Social Work, Vol. 21, 1996

Subjects:

African American children--Care and treatment, Immunization of children--Health aspects, Social workers--Practice

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...requires the immunization of children against polio, diphtheria...epidemics that immunizations were developed...for example, polio and smallpox...full series of immunizations, which might...inactivated polio, Haemophilus...
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A Prenatal Intervention Study to Improve Timeliness of Immunization Initiation in Latino Infants

Journal article by Maria Luisa Zuniga De Nuncio, Philip R. Nader, Mark H. Sawyer, Michelle De Guire, Radmila Prislin, John P. Elder; Journal of Community Health, Vol. 28, 2003

Subjects:

Immunization--Demographic aspects, Immunization--Research

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...influenzae type b, and polio occurs when immunization against these...DTaP, Hib, and Polio vaccines. The...standard measure of immunization initiation Timeliness...Participants Immunization information on...Hib, DTP, and polio was located for...
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Household Structure and Childhood Immunization in Niger and Nigeria

Journal article by Anastasia J. Gage, A. Elisabeth Sommerfelt, Andrea L. Piani; Demography, Vol. 34, 1997

Subjects:

Children & youth, Demographics, Families & family life, Households, Immunization, Niger, Nigeria, Statistical analysis, Studies

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...diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) and of polio (i.e., eight vaccines...receive measles immunization, which is recommended...improved estimates of immunization coverage when combined...the first dose of polio vaccine, and that...doses of DPT and polio are less than one...likelihood of full immunization in Niger and Nigeria...
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Selective Gender Differences in Childhood Nutrition and Immunization in Rural India: the Role of Siblings*

Journal article by Rohini P. Pande; Demography, Vol. 40, 2003

Subjects:

Children & youth, Gender, Immunization, India, Nutrition, Roles, Rural areas, Siblings, Social research, Studies

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...immunizations is fairly accurate (Langsten and Hill 1998). Immunization was defined as an ordered categorical variable, coded as none...vaccinations), and all (BCG, three doses each of DPT and oral polio vaccine, and measles vaccine). Explanatory Variables Gender...
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Prenatal and Delivery Care and Childhood Immunization in Guatemala: Do Family and Community Matter?

Journal article by Anne R. Pebley, Noreen Goldman, German Rodriguez; Demography, Vol. 33, 1996

Subjects:

Community support, Demographics, Families & family life, Guatemala, Health care, Immunization, Pregnancy, Prenatal development, Research, Statistical analysis, Studies

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...the "most qualified person" as the one providing care. Data were collected on eight childhood immunizations: three doses of DPT, three doses of polio vaccine, one dose of BCG (antituberculosis), and one dose of measles vaccine. Information on...

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Somalia: Miraculous Victory over Polio; with the Last Case of Polio Reported in 2002, Somalia Has Been Removed from the List of Polio-Endemic Countries. as a Major Polio Immunisation Campaign Began in Late March, UNICEF Called This Achievement a "Miraculous Victory for Children over Conflict and Devastation", Julia Spry-Leverton Reports

Magazine article by Julia Spry-Leverton; New African, May 2004

Subjects:

Immunization--Management, Poliomyelitis--Prevention, Somalia--Health policy, United Nations. Children's Fund--Management

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Somalia: Miraculous Victory over Polio; with the Last Case of Polio Reported in 2002, Somalia Has Been Removed from the List of Polio-Endemic Countries. as a Major Polio Immunisation Campaign Began in Late March, UNICEF Called This Achievement a...
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Is a Nationwide Network for Immunization Records a Good Idea?

Magazine article by Claire Broome, Lisa S. Dean; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, July 27, 1998

Subjects:

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Immunization--Political aspects

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...Virtually no one disputed the need for vaccinations against polio, mumps, measles, rubella, etc. Hepatitis B is an entirely...children against mumps and measles, the same cannot be said for immunization against hepatitis B, a disease with which a large segment...
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Batting for Immunization

Magazine article by Robert J. Heuer; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 51, November 1999

Subjects:

Baseball players--Contributions, gifts, etc., Immunization of children--Health aspects, Pediatric clinics--International aspects, Preventive health services for children--Management, Sosa, Sammy--Contributions, gifts, etc.

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...of childrens lives," Sosa said. The immunization program will include existing vaccines to prevent polio, tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus...in countries where Hib is a routine immunization." The Dominican Republic is the first...
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Polio Is Nearing Eradication

Magazine article by Lisa Mastny; World Watch, Vol. 12, March 1999

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis--Vaccination, Vaccination of children--International aspects, World Health Organization--Social policy

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...the largest polio epidemics of...scheduled National Immunization Day and later...achieve official "polio-free" status...and child immunization efforts will...the costs of immunization and treating...affected by polio. Western Europe...
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Kicking Polio out of Africa

Magazine article by Kwame Hardi; African Business, February 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Health aspects, Developing countries--Health aspects, Health care industry--Services, Medical care, Poliomyelitis--Prevention, Public health

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...years African polio campaign, termed...second round of immunizations in mid-November...to stop the immunization campaign. In...immunised. Polio cripples 40...children from the immunization programme...experts say polio kills very...

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Immunization and Risk

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 14, 2009

Subjects:

Immunization

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...that a child will contract polio or some other disease that...parents believe the risk of immunization is greater. The problem is...hardly anyone knows a victim of polio. When autism is more feared...disease that can be prevented by immunization, some people will conclude...
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Polio Epidemic Lurks in Four Nations; Nigeria, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan Targeted for Eradication Measures

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 16, 2006

Subjects:

Immunization, Poliomyelitis, Virus diseases--Control

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the Advisory Committee on Polio Eradication (ACPE). Dr. Cochi, also acting director of national immunization programs with the Centers for...In Pakistan and Afghanistan, polio-immunization campaigns cover 75 percent to...
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Unsure about Jabs? Read My John's Story. INSPIRATIONAL: Maggie Prestwich at Home with Her Husband John. He Contracted Polio at 17 and Became an Ardent Supporter of Immunisation

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 13, 2008

Subjects:

Immunization, Poliomyelitis, Vaccines, Virus diseases

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...at Home with Her Husband John. He Contracted Polio at 17 and Became an Ardent Supporter of Immunisation...do know what can result from not having the polio vaccine. In 1955, the year before the polio vaccine was available in the UK, and duringthe...
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Immunization

Newspaper article by Karen Goldberg Goff; The Washington Times, July 22, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Immunization by Karen Goldberg...out illnesses such as polio, measles and rubella...grew up with measles, polio. When I was a resident...made some people wary of immunizations." Two recent reports...as the United States immunization levels have grown, so...
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Focused Effort Seeks Global Polio Eradication

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 1, 2004

Subjects:

Rotary International

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to polio. When polio immunization campaigns are reduced...six neighboring polio-free countries...and Togo. Mass immunization campaigns at a...the 89 cases of polio occurred in Nigeria...allows for focused immunization efforts that can...

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Poliomyelitis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...understood, some people who have had severe polio experience postpolio syndrome, a condition...radically in the United States when a mass immunization program with the Salk vaccine, a preparation...were less than a thousand new cases of polio worldwide. In 2003 4 the campaign was...
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Encephalitis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the several forms of viral brain inflammation are rabies, polio, and two types transmitted by the mosquito: equine encephalitis...established, many types of encephalitis can be prevented by immunization. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Indonesia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...islands of Simeulue and Nias, west of Sumatra. There was a polio outbreak in Java in May, 2005, that was linked to the persistence...transmitted to Muslim pilgrims at Mecca. Indonesia began a massive immunization campaign that ultimately brought the outbreak under control...
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Namibia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...also retained a two-thirds majority of the seats in the parliament. An outbreak of polio in 2006 that resulted in more than 100 cases led to a mass immunization program throughout the country in June and July. Namibia has a significant AIDS problem...

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