A simple provider-based educational intervention to boost infant immunization rates: a controlled trial
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2001-07-01Keywords
Analysis of VarianceCase-Control Studies
Communicable Disease Control
Educational Status
Female
Health Education
Humans
Immunization Programs
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intervention Studies
Male
Poverty
Probability
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Urban Population
Vaccination
Health Services Research
Primary Care
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We sought to determine if a simple educational intervention initiated at the first well-child care visit, with reinforcement at subsequent visits, can improve inner-city infant immunization rates. We conducted a controlled trial involving 315 newborn infants and their primary caregivers in 3 inner-city primary care centers. Child health care providers gave caregivers in the intervention group an interactive graphic card with verbal reinforcement. At later visits, stickers were applied to the card when immunizations were given. Routine information was given to controls. After the trial, age-appropriate immunization rates at 7 months were 58% in each group. Intervention infants had 50% fewer missed opportunities to immunize (p=0.01) but cancelled 77% more appointments (p=0.04) than controls. We conclude that a brief educational intervention at the first well-child care visit did not boost 7-month immunization rates, although it was associated with fewer missed opportunities to immunize.Source
Stille CJ, Christison-Legay J, Bernstein B, Dworkin PH. A simple provider-based educational intervention to boost infant immunization rates: A controlled trial. Clinical Pediatrics 2001;40:365-73. Link to article on publisher's websiteDOI
10.1177/000992280104000701Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36940PubMed ID
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