title: Determining accurate vaccination coverage rates for adolescents: the National Immunization Survey-Teen 2006.
abstract: Since 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has funded the National Immunization Survey (NIS), a large telephone survey used to estimate vaccination coverage of U.S. children aged 19-35 months. The NIS is a two-phase survey that obtains vaccination receipt information from a random-digit-dialed survey, designed to identify households with eligible children, followed by a provider record check, which obtains provider-reported vaccination histories for eligible children. In 2006, the survey was expanded for the first time to include a national sample of adolescents aged 13-17 years, called the NIS-Teen. This article summarizes the methodology used in the NIS-Teen. In 2008, the NIS-Teen was expanded to collect state-specific and national-level data to determine vaccination coverage estimates. This survey provides valuable information to guide immunization programs for adolescents.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. nidhijain415@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Singleton
authors.forename: Margrethe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skalland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*