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    Am J Public Health. 2008 Nov;98(11):1959-62. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

    Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York City.

    Findley SE, Irigoyen M, Sanchez M, Stockwell MS, Mejia M, Guzman L, Ferreira R, Pena O, Chen S, Andres-Martinez R.

    Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. sef5@columbia.edu

    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.

    PMID: 18799778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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