[Study of vaccination of children at a health center].
OBJECTIVE
To find the vaccination coverage of children seen at a Health Centre. To complete the vaccination, assess the validity of the clinical notes as a record and to verify the tendency for the number of those properly vaccinated to decrease with age.


METHODS
Crossover and descriptive.


METHODS
Chopera I Primary Care team.


METHODS
The 877 children between 4 months and 7 years old at a Paediatrics clinic and between 12 and 16 years at a general medical clinic.


RESULTS
The percentage of those properly vaccinated were, for the first five appointments of the official vaccination calendar, 85.29%, 89.24%, 83.98%, 81.90% and 81.95%, respectively; at 6 years, 65.51%; for German Measles, 44.30%; and in the last one, 40.80%. The percentage of the 2 to 5-year old cohort fully vaccinated was 91.10%; and of the 15 to 16-year old cohort, 37%.


CONCLUSIONS
The importance of vaccination surveys as against other measures. Limitations of surveys at the Health Centre. First vaccination percentages close to W.H.O. objectives. Decrease with age of those properly vaccinated. Need for universal recording systems and that the Primary Care teams assume the prime responsibility in vaccination monitoring.
Riquelme Pérez
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Centro de Salud La Chopera I, Alcobendas, Madrid.
Miquel Gómez
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Gómez López
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Aguado Alvarez
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Verdú Rotellar
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JM
Ballesteros Alvarez
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D014611:Vaccination; D014944:World Health Organization
Estudio de cobertura vacunal en niños de un centro de salud.