{"id":"https://openalex.org/W69703619","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","title":"The Contribution of Child Health Days to Improving Coverage of Periodic Interventions in Six African Countries","display_name":"The Contribution of Child Health Days to Improving Coverage of Periodic Interventions in Six African Countries","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W69703619","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","mag":"69703619","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21049845"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/15648265100313s304","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S43555407","display_name":"Food and Nutrition Bulletin","issn_l":"0379-5721","issn":["0379-5721","1564-8265"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Food and Nutrition Bulletin","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004655310","display_name":"Nicholas P Oliphant","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-354X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-354X"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nicholas P. Oliphant","raw_affiliation_strings":["Preventive Public Health Department of the Northern Health Authority, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. npoliphant@gmail.com"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Preventive Public Health Department of the Northern Health Authority, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. npoliphant@gmail.com","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103610487","display_name":"John B. Mason","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John B. Mason","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087755481","display_name":"Tanya Doherty","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1592-0080","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1592-0080"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tanya Doherty","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026292348","display_name":"Mickey Chopra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-2937","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-2937"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mickey Chopra","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007845640","display_name":"Pamela Mann","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pamela Mann","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047874976","display_name":"Mark Tomlinson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-3444","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-3444"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mark Tomlinson","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062084062","display_name":"Duduzile Faith Nsibande","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-3388","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-3388"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Duduzile Nsibande","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035824438","display_name":"Saba Mebrahtu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Saba Mebrahtu","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004655310"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4150,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4150},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5071,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":37,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.82167371,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"31","issue":"3_suppl3","first_page":"S248","last_page":"S263"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10209","display_name":"Global Maternal and Child Health","score":0.8101000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2735","display_name":"Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10209","display_name":"Global Maternal and Child Health","score":0.8101000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2735","display_name":"Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10833","display_name":"Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy","score":0.14900000393390656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10596","display_name":"Child Nutrition and Water Access","score":0.032999999821186066,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2916","display_name":"Nutrition and Dietetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/29","display_name":"Nursing"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/measles-vaccination","display_name":"measles vaccination","score":0.7369999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/measles-vaccination-coverage","display_name":"measles vaccination coverage","score":0.5220000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vitamin-a-supplementation","display_name":"vitamin A supplementation","score":0.8209999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anthelmintic-treatment","display_name":"anthelmintic treatment","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/insecticide-treated-nets","display_name":"insecticide-treated nets","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supplementary-immunization-activities","display_name":"supplementary immunization activities","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/herd-immunity","display_name":"herd immunity","score":0.6759999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/child-health-interventions","display_name":"child health interventions","score":0.6050000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sub-saharan-africa","display_name":"sub-Saharan Africa","score":0.7369999885559082}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776438120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79793","display_name":"Measles","level":3,"score":0.7258712649345398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.7049260139465332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.5636177062988281},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.5202335119247437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46299933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61559","display_name":"Child mortality","level":3,"score":0.5152104496955872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5060040354728699},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83864248","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177323","display_name":"Developing country","level":2,"score":0.5053213238716125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138816342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189603","display_name":"Public health","level":2,"score":0.5032879710197449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106192422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736798","display_name":"Herd immunity","level":3,"score":0.4679989218711853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7256382","display_name":"Psychological intervention","level":2,"score":0.467949777841568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780657872","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804161","display_name":"Measles vaccine","level":4,"score":0.4101235270500183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187212893","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123028","display_name":"Pediatrics","level":1,"score":0.38316604495048523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22070199","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192995","display_name":"Vaccination","level":2,"score":0.3286748230457306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.23547199368476868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.1493019163608551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.12593019008636475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203014093","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101929","display_name":"Immunology","level":1,"score":0.09937235713005066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000871","descriptor_name":"Anthelmintics","qualifier_ui":"Q000008","qualifier_name":"administration & dosage","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002662","descriptor_name":"Child Health Services","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D002675","descriptor_name":"Child, Preschool","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003695","descriptor_name":"Delivery of Health Care","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006293","descriptor_name":"Health Promotion","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007223","descriptor_name":"Infant","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007231","descriptor_name":"Infant, Newborn","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008458","descriptor_name":"Measles Vaccine","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D011314","descriptor_name":"Preventive Health Services","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D014480","descriptor_name":"United Nations","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014801","descriptor_name":"Vitamin A","qualifier_ui":"Q000008","qualifier_name":"administration & dosage","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017589","descriptor_name":"Immunization Programs","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017954","descriptor_name":"Africa South of the Sahara","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019587","descriptor_name":"Dietary Supplements","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D057148","descriptor_name":"Insecticide-Treated Bednets","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/15648265100313s304","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313s304","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S43555407","display_name":"Food and Nutrition Bulletin","issn_l":"0379-5721","issn":["0379-5721","1564-8265"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Food and Nutrition Bulletin","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:21049845","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21049845","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Food and nutrition bulletin","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/47418","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/47418","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400300","display_name":"SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I26092322","host_organization_name":"Stellenbosch University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I26092322"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.9940000176429749,"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"},{"score":0.40450000762939453,"display_name":"Zero hunger","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306115","display_name":"United States Agency for International Development","ror":"https://ror.org/01n6e6j62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309209","display_name":"UNICEF","ror":"https://ror.org/02dg0pv02"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W11922835","https://openalex.org/W77684312","https://openalex.org/W130365864","https://openalex.org/W152476245","https://openalex.org/W400313434","https://openalex.org/W1512582520","https://openalex.org/W1520449527","https://openalex.org/W1549550777","https://openalex.org/W1689872414","https://openalex.org/W1816031899","https://openalex.org/W1835887050","https://openalex.org/W1845507109","https://openalex.org/W1972213860","https://openalex.org/W1998380942","https://openalex.org/W2002591611","https://openalex.org/W2015816188","https://openalex.org/W2018079892","https://openalex.org/W2045798096","https://openalex.org/W2063068173","https://openalex.org/W2065820212","https://openalex.org/W2102527401","https://openalex.org/W2143492826","https://openalex.org/W2147395564","https://openalex.org/W2156147365","https://openalex.org/W2183854838","https://openalex.org/W2414763648","https://openalex.org/W2415073563","https://openalex.org/W2484411711","https://openalex.org/W2721325503","https://openalex.org/W2796720213","https://openalex.org/W2916289194","https://openalex.org/W2916367275","https://openalex.org/W3022274619","https://openalex.org/W4205600828","https://openalex.org/W4232478781","https://openalex.org/W4239572789","https://openalex.org/W4239611742","https://openalex.org/W4290973422"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2049550193","https://openalex.org/W2144287088","https://openalex.org/W2271695169","https://openalex.org/W2958460573","https://openalex.org/W7165630843","https://openalex.org/W2287096283","https://openalex.org/W7098798106","https://openalex.org/W2153741901","https://openalex.org/W1625026849","https://openalex.org/W1999028536"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"BACKGROUND:":[0],"Child":[1,41,54,93,116,158,219],"Health":[2,42,55,94,117,159,220],"Days":[3,43,56,95,118,221],"have":[4],"been":[5],"implemented":[6],"since":[7],"the":[8,27,38,145,175],"early":[9],"2000s":[10],"in":[11,62,166,202],"a":[12,113,170],"number":[13],"of":[14,40,53,122,144,148,174],"sub-Saharan":[15,63],"African":[16],"countries":[17,213],"with":[18,26,57,157,214],"support":[19],"from":[20,71,79,83],"UNICEF":[21],"and":[22,33,50,69,75,78,126,128,151,168,182,189,208],"other":[23],"development":[24],"partners":[25],"aim":[28],"to":[29,97,131,138,178,193],"reduce":[30],"child":[31,176],"morbidity":[32],"mortality.":[34],"OBJECTIVE:":[35],"To":[36],"estimate":[37],"effect":[39],"on":[44],"preventive":[45],"public":[46],"health":[47,59],"intervention":[48],"coverage,":[49,61,218],"possible":[51],"trade-offs":[52],"facility-based":[58],"systems":[60],"Africa.":[64],"METHODS:":[65],"Data":[66],"were":[67,164],"assembled":[68],"analyzed":[70],"population-based":[72],"sample":[73],"surveys":[74],"administrative":[76],"records":[77],"local":[80],"government":[81],"sources,":[82],"six":[84],"countries.":[85],"Field":[86],"observations":[87],"(published":[88],"elsewhere)":[89],"provided":[90,109],"context.":[91],"RESULTS:":[92],"contributed":[96],"improving":[98],"measles":[99,135,184,200],"immunization":[100,153,217],"coverage":[101,121,196],"by":[102,141],"about":[103],"10":[104],"percentage":[105],"points":[106],"and,":[107],"importantly,":[108],"an":[110],"opportunity":[111],"for":[112,199],"second":[114],"dose.":[115],"achieved":[119],"high":[120,171],"vitamin":[123],"A":[124],"supplementation":[125],"deworming,":[127],"improved":[129],"access":[130],"insecticide-treated":[132],"nets.":[133],"Reported":[134],"cases":[136],"declined":[137],"near":[139],"zero":[140],"2003-5--a":[142],"result":[143],"combined":[146],"efforts":[147,188],"routine":[149,216],"immunizations":[150],"supplementary":[152],"activities,":[154],"often":[155],"integrated":[156],"Days.":[160],"Collectively":[161],"these":[162],"activities":[163],"successful":[165],"reaching":[167],"sustaining":[169],"enough":[172],"proportion":[173],"population":[177],"achieve":[179],"herd":[180],"immunity":[181],"prevent":[183],"transmission.":[185],"CONCLUSIONS:":[186],"Additional":[187],"resources":[190],"are":[191,222],"needed":[192],"continue":[194],"pushing":[195],"up,":[197],"particularly":[198],"immunization,":[201],"rural/hard-to-reach":[203],"areas,":[204],"amongst":[205],"younger":[206],"children,":[207],"less":[209],"educated/poorer":[210],"groups.":[211],"In":[212],"low":[215],"still":[223],"needed.":[224]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}