Kreuter MW, Caburnay CA, Chen JJ, Donlin MJ. Effectiveness of individually tailored calendars in promoting childhood immunization in urban public health centers.
Am J Public Health 2004;
94:122-7. [PMID:
14713709 PMCID:
PMC1449837 DOI:
10.2105/ajph.94.1.122]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
We examined the effectiveness of tailored calendars in increasing childhood immunization rates.
METHODS
Parents of babies aged birth to 1 year (n = 321) received individually tailored calendars promoting immunization from 2 urban public health centers. For each baby, an age- and sex-matched control was selected from the same center. Immunization status was tracked through age 24 months.
RESULTS
A higher proportion of intervention than of control babies were up to date at the end of a 9-month enrollment period (82% vs 65%, P <.001) and at age 24 months (66% vs 47%, P <.001). The younger the baby's age at enrollment in the program, the greater was the intervention effect.
CONCLUSIONS
Tailored immunization calendars can help increase child immunization rates.
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