title: Immunization levels among inner city children enrolled in subsidized childcare.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Measure immunization rates in subsidized child care and determine whether the population is representative of inner city preschool children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We identified 156 children, ages 0-60 months, in 14 inner-city child care centers enrolled in subsidized care and obtained demographic and immunization information. ZIP-code distribution of sample children was correlated with similarly aged children from the 2000 Census (family incomes .150% of poverty).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall subsidized child care population was geographically similar to all low-income children, ages 0-5, in Jacksonville (r.0.94). Only 73.3% were up-to-date at 3 months and 44.2% at 12 months of age (3 DTaP, 2 HIB, 2 IPV, 3 Hep B).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings support the contention that children in subsidized child care are geographically representative of low-income, inner city preschool children. This study suggests that children enrolled in subsidized child care are both potentially underserved and an accessible window into the inner-city preschool population.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
authors.forename: Quimby E
authors.initials: QE
authors.lastname: McCaskill
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Livingood
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dekle
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*