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

Sally E. Findley | Zendy; Matilde Irigoyen | Zendy; Martha Sanchez | Zendy; Melissa S. Stockwell | Zendy; Miriam Mejia | Zendy; Letty Guzman | Zendy; Richard Ferreira | Zendy; Oscar Peña | Zendy; Shaofu Chen | Zendy; R. Andrés | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Sally E. Findley,

Matilde Irigoyen,

Martha Sanchez,

Melissa S. Stockwell,

Miriam Mejia,

Letty Guzman,

Richard Ferreira,

Oscar Peña,

Shaofu Chen,

R. Andrés

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.121046

Subject(s) - outreach , medicaid , medicine , immunization , odds ratio , confidence interval , vaccination , ethnic group , demography , family medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , economic growth , political science , health care , immunology , pathology , antigen , sociology , economics , law

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.

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