Julia Gilling

Issues

  1. Reducing Child Immunisation Pain Introduction

    Immunisations are the most effective way to provide individuals and the population with protection against diseases. To provide this protection, the immunisation schedule in New Zealand recommends immunisation protection against ten diseases which translates into eleven injections by four years of age (Ministry of Health, 2011). Therefore immunisations are one of the most common health related procedures for children in a primary health setting. Despite the proven benefit of immuni…