Immunization barriers and solutions.
Too many children and adults in the United States develop vaccine-preventable diseases each year. Patients, parents, and providers face a variety of barriers that cause us to fall short of our immunization goals. This article discusses ways in which providers can surmount those barriers and improve immunization rates.
Burns
Ilene Timko
IT
Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3518 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. zimmer+@pitt.edu
Zimmerman
Richard Kent
RK
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*