title: Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York City.
abstract: We used a retrospective, matching, birth cohort design to evaluate a comprehensive, coalition-led childhood immunization program of outreach, education, and reminders in a Latino, urban community. After we controlled for Latino ethnicity and Medicaid, we found that children enrolled in the program were 53% more likely to be up-to-date (adjusted odds ratio = 1.53; 95% confidence interval = 1.33, 1.75) and to receive timely immunizations than were children in the control group (t = 3.91). The coalition-led, community-based immunization program was effective in improving on-time childhood immunization coverage.
authors.affiliation: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. sef5@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Sally E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Findley
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irigoyen
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Melissa S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Stockwell
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: Letty
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: Shaofu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andres-Martinez
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007223:Infant; D008484:Medicaid; D009519:New York City; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines
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