2017
Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study
Wagner A, Boulton M, Sun X, Mukherjee B, Huang Z, Harmsen I, Ren J, Zikmund-Fisher B. Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics 2017, 17: 143. PMID: 28606106, PMCID: PMC5468991, DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0900-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPneumococcal vaccine uptakeHealth Belief ModelBelief ModelHealth Belief Model constructsVaccine uptakeModels of health behaviorVaccine necessityHealth care workersCross-sectional studyLogistic regression modelsChinese caregiversCaregiver perceptionsHealth behaviorsCaregiversCare workersYears of agePneumococcal vaccineWritten surveyBackgroundIn ChinaHealthPerceived safetyRegression modelsYoung childrenChildrenMeasles vaccine
2016
The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China
Wagner A, Zhang Y, Mukherjee B, Ding Y, Wells E, Boulton M. The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2016, 45: 103-108. PMID: 26972042, PMCID: PMC4834250, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate ratiosSustainable public health interventionRate of measlesPublic health interventionsEstimate rate ratiosSupplemental immunization activitiesMeasles incidenceGeneralized estimating equationsNon-local migrantsHealth interventionsPoisson regressionNon-local residentsEstimating equationsEpidemiology of measlesExchangeable working correlation structureTemporal trendsMeasles casesCase countsResidentsImmune activationMeasles eliminationIncidenceUrban areasWorking correlation structureDisparities