title: Does providing social services with information and advice on immunisation status of "looked after children" improve uptake?
abstract: We prospectively assessed whether providing social services with information on the immunisation status for a cohort of looked after children in the care of an urban unitary authority in England improved uptake rates. The provision of such information did not improve immunisation coverage in these children.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Registrar in Public Health, Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust, 6th floor, Vantage Point, New England Road, Lewes BN1 4GW, UK. martin.ashton-key@bhcpct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashton-Key
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jorge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012947:Social Work; D014504:Urban Health