Maternal acculturation and childhood immunization levels among children in Latino families in Los Angeles

This study examined the relationship between acculturation levels of poor Latina women in Los Angeles and their children's immunization status. Receipt of three doses of diphtheriatetanus-pertussis vaccine and two doses of oral polio vaccine by the age of 12 months was considered adequate immun...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1997-12, Vol.87 (12), p.2018-2021
Main Authors: Anderson, L M, Wood, D L, Sherbourne, C D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adult
Age
Biological and medical sciences
Censuses
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Emigration and Immigration
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Families & family life
Female
General aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Households
Humans
Immunization
Immunization - standards
Infant
Infants
Infectious diseases
Inner city
Latin American communities
Los Angeles
Measles
Medical sciences
Mothers
Mothers - education
Mothers - psychology
Noncitizens
Odds Ratio
Poliomyelitis
Poor women
Poverty
Prenatal care
Public health
Regression analysis
Relationship
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tropical medicine
Vaccines
Whooping cough
Womens health
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Summary:This study examined the relationship between acculturation levels of poor Latina women in Los Angeles and their children's immunization status. Receipt of three doses of diphtheriatetanus-pertussis vaccine and two doses of oral polio vaccine by the age of 12 months was considered adequate immunization. Household interviews were conducted in East Los Angeles and South Central Los Angeles with mothers (n = 688) about one randomly selected child aged 12 to 36 months. One fourth of the children were inadequately immunized. Less-acculturated mothers were more likely to have adequately immunized children. Inadequate prenatal care, absence of close family members, the child's birth position as other than firstborn, and more than one family relocation during the child's lifetime were associated with inadequate immunization. The findings challenge the notion that children of recent immigrants bear a higher risk of underimmunization.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.87.12.2018