Effectiveness of a Community Coalition for Improving Child Vaccination Rates in New York City

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 w...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2008-11, Vol.98 (11), p.1959-1962
Main Authors: Findley, Sally E, Irigoyen, Matilde, Sanchez, Martha, Stockwell, Melissa S, Mejia, Miriam, Guzman, Letty, Ferreira, Richard, Pena, Oscar, Chen, Shaofu, Andres-Martinez, Raquel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Child Health Services - utilization
Child, Preschool
Childrens health insurance programs
Cohort Studies
Community health care
Community-Institutional Relations
Confidence intervals
Drug dosages
Education
Effectiveness
Empowerment
Enrollments
Ethnicity
General aspects
Head Start project
Health education
Health promotion
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health services
Hispanic Americans - education
Hospitals
Humans
Immunization
Immunization - utilization
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
Immunization Programs - utilization
Infant
Intervention
Medicaid
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
New York City
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Program Evaluation
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Registries
Research and Practice
Retrospective Studies
Social Responsibility
Social services
United States
Urban Health Services - organization & administration
Urban Health Services - utilization
Viral Vaccines - administration & dosage
Viral Vaccines - classification
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2007.121046