title: Immunization registries: use of race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status indicators to identify immunization disparities.
abstract: Immunization registries play a key role in monitoring immunization coverage levels and reducing health disparities associated with under-immunization. In this study immunization coverage rates for racial/ethnic minority groups and socio-economic status indicators are obtained from the results of the 2006 National Immunization Survey. A comparison of coverage rates with and without SES indicators reveals disparities previously obscured in coverage levels which are based on race/ethnicity data exclusively.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Christina L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D044469:Racial Groups; D012042:Registries; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States