BACKGROUND Since last 100 years, immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators. However, the immunization system is still imperfect; there are many countries that still have unvaccinated children. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between parental kno...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect on immunization levels of retrospective written feedback to residents regarding missed immunization opportunities. DESIGN Randomized trial with control group. SETTING Pediatric resident continuity clinic in an urban hospital-based primary care clinic. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-two postgraduate level 2 and postgraduate level 3 pediatric residents. INTERVENTI...

OBJECTIVES Canada's progress in establishing a national immunization registry and coordinated immunization schedule across provinces has been slow. The absence of a centralized registry means there are only limited data available on childhood immunization coverage in Canada. The aim of this study was to estimate the completeness and timeliness of immunization for two year-old children in Nova S...

BACKGROUND Immunizations are an important component to pediatric primary care. New Mexico is a relatively poor and rural state which has sometimes struggled to achieve and maintain its childhood immunization rates. We evaluated New Mexico's immunization rates between 1996 and 2006. Specifically, we examined the increase in immunization rates between 2002 and 2004, and how this increase may have...

OBJECTIVES Screening of immunization status at each health care encounter is recommended to improve immunization coverage rates but is often limited to primary care practices. A pilot intervention study was performed to ascertain the immunization status of hospitalized children and determine if development of an immunization plan before discharge would improve the vaccination status for such ch...

Permanent immunization against rubella virus develops both after natural infection with and active immunization, but reinfections can be occured. For that reason, it is necessary to determine the serologic profile of people.
 In study, 175 sera children taken from Ankara University Medical School, Department Pediatrics were tested by Elisa detect IgM antibodies in Microbiology Clinical Lab...

We present an effective immunization strategy for computer networks and populations with broad and, in particular, scale-free degree distributions. The proposed strategy, acquaintance immunization, calls for the immunization of random acquaintances of random nodes (individuals). The strategy requires no knowledge of the node degrees or any other global knowledge, as do targeted immunization str...

We investigate the spread of diseases, computer viruses or information on complex networks and also immunization strategies to prevent or control the spread. When an entire population cannot be immunized and the effect of immunization is not perfect, we need the targeted immunization with immunization rate. Under such a circumstance we calculate epidemic thresholds for the SIR and SIS epidemic ...

The vision for management of immunization information is availability of real-time consolidated data and services for all ages, to clinical, public health, and other stakeholders. This is being executed through Immunization Information Systems (IISs), which are population-based and confidential computerized systems present in most US states and territories. Immunization Information Systems offe...

OBJECTIVES Previous studies have indicated that provider characteristics are an important determinant of immunization coverage. The objectives of this study were to: 1) assess immunization coverage levels among 2-year-old children receiving care in private practices in 3 California counties; and 2) evaluate practice and patient risk factors for low immunization coverage. STUDY DESIGN Cross-se...