Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York City.

• Autores: Sally E Findley, Matilde Irigoyen, Martha Sanchez, Melissa S Stockwell, Miriam Mejia, Letty Guzman, Richard Ferreira, Oscar Pena, Shaofu Chen, Raquel Andrés-Martinez
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 98, Nº. 11, 2008, págs. 1959-1962
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We used a retrospective, matching, birth cohort design to evaluate a comprehensive, coalition-led childhood immunization program of outreach, education, and reminders in a Latino, urban community. After we controlled for Latino ethnicity and Medicaid, we found that children enrolled in the program were 53% more likely to be up-to-date (adjusted odds ratio = 1.53; 95% confidence interval = 1.33, 1.75) and to receive timely immunizations than were children in the control group (t = 3.91). The coalition-led, community-based immunization program was effective in improving on-time childhood immunization coverage.;