Tailored Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination in Neighborhood Health Centers Serving the Disadvantaged

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dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Richard Kent
dc.contributor.authorNowalk, Mary Patricia
dc.contributor.authorRaymund, Mahlon
dc.contributor.authorTabbarah, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorHall, David G.
dc.contributor.authorWahrenberger, J. Todd
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Stephen A.
dc.contributor.authorRicci, Edmund M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:14Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We designed and evaluated interventions to increase adult immunizations within inner-city health centers. Methods. Interventions included reminders, standing orders, and walk-in “flu shot clinics.” Patients were surveyed and records evaluated. Results. Records from 1 center showed that immunization rates increased from 24% to 30% (P<.001) for patients aged 50 to 64 years and from 45% to 53% for patients aged 65 years and older (P<.001). Self-reported vaccination rates did not increase. In logistic regression analyses, the strongest predictor of vaccination among patients aged 50 to 64 years was the belief that unvaccinated persons will contract influenza (odds ratio [OR]=5.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.4, 12.0). Among patients aged 65 years and older, the strongest predictor of vaccination was the belief that friends/relatives thought that they should be vaccinated (OR=9.7; 95% CI=4.2, 22.3). Conclusions. Tailored interventions can improve immunization rates at inner-city health centers
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1699
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/zgss-3vat
dc.identifier.citationZimmerman, Richard Kent and Nowalk, Mary Patricia and Raymund, Mahlon and Tabbarah, Melissa and Hall, David G. and Wahrenberger, J. Todd and Wilson, Stephen A. and Ricci, Edmund M. (2003) Tailored Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination in Neighborhood Health Centers Serving the Disadvantaged. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (10). pp. 1699-1705.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 992
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22948
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectadult immunizations
dc.subjectinner-city health centers
dc.subjectimmunization rates
dc.subjectTailored interventions
dc.titleTailored Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination in Neighborhood Health Centers Serving the Disadvantaged
dc.typeArticle

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