Assessment of Immunization Status in Hospitalized Children Followed by Counseling of Parents and Primary Care Physicians Improves Vaccination Coverage: An Interventional Study

Assessment of Immunization Status in Hospitalized Children Followed by Counseling of Parents and Primary Care Physicians Improves Vaccination Coverage: An Interventional Study

This prospective, intervention-control study in hospitalized, underimmunized children assessed the effect of vaccination reminders to parents during hospitalization and provides postdischarge rates of catch-up immunizations. One month after hospital discharge, significantly more children in the inte...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of pediatrics 2007-12, Vol.151 (6), p.704-706.e2
Hauptverfasser: Muehleisen, Beda, MD, Baer, Gurli, MD, Schaad, Urs B., MD, Heininger, Ulrich, MD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Counseling
Female
General aspects
Health Education
Health participants
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Parents - education
Pediatrics
Physicians, Family - education
Prevention and actions
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reminder Systems
Vaccination - utilization
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Zusammenfassung:This prospective, intervention-control study in hospitalized, underimmunized children assessed the effect of vaccination reminders to parents during hospitalization and provides postdischarge rates of catch-up immunizations. One month after hospital discharge, significantly more children in the intervention group (27%) than the controls (8%) had received catch-up immunizations ( P < .001).
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.051