Background. The Hispanic population in the United States is growing, and disparities in the receipt of healthcare services as a result of limited English proficiency have been demonstrated. We set out to determine if Spanish language preference was a barrier to receiving influenza vaccinations among Hispanic persons 65 years and older in the USA. Methods. Differences in the receipt of vaccinati...

As part of a vaccination program which included about 30,000 children, 1,036 children were actively followed up to assess the reactogenicity of a combined DTPw-HB vaccine (Tritanrix-HB) under routine conditions. Vaccinations were given in accordance with the WHO schedule at 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age. Over 98% of the study population completed the course of 3 vaccinations. Local and systemic re...

Surveys of childhood vaccinations are often highly inaccurate, due to parental misreporting. We conducted three experiments to examine the source of the inaccuracies. In Experiment 1, we provided parents with memory aids; these aids did little to improve reporting accuracy. Two further experiments asked whether parents forgot what they knew about their children's vaccinations, or whether they n...

Downlo cer vaccine feasibility would benefit from reducing the number and duration of vaccinations without ishing efficacy. However, the duration of in vivo studies and the huge number of possible variations cination protocols have discouraged their optimization. In this study, we employed an established model of preventive vaccination using HER-2/neu transgenic mice (BALB-neuT) to validate o–d...

Downlo cer vaccine feasibility would benefit from reducing the number and duration of vaccinations without ishing efficacy. However, the duration of in vivo studies and the huge number of possible variations cination protocols have discouraged their optimization. In this study, we employed an established model of preventive vaccination using HER-2/neu transgenic mice (BALB-neuT) to validate o–d...

OBJECTIVE Uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations by 17- to 18-year-old girls in England is below (<35%) target (80%). This trial assesses (a) the impact of financial incentives on uptake and completion of an HPV vaccination program, and (b) whether impacts are moderated by participants' deprivation level. It also assesses the impact of incentives on decision quality to get vaccinated...

CONTEXT Vaccination coverage rates can be improved through the application of complete and accurate immunization information systems (IISs). OBJECTIVE Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of Wisconsin's IIS, the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR). DESIGN Cross-sectional evaluation, comparing vaccination medical records (MRs) from provider clinics with WIR records. PARTICIPANTS Medica...

OBJECTIVES To study the impact of a new franchise health clinic model (The HealthStore Foundation's CFWShops) on access to vaccinations and treatment for acute illnesses in a nationally representative sample of children in Kenya. DESIGN The authors used multivariate linear and count regressions to examine associations between receipt of vaccinations or treatment and proximity to a franchise h...

BACKGROUND Local reactions are the most commonly reported adverse events following tetanus and diphtheria toxoid (Td) vaccine and the risk of local reactions may increase with number of prior Td vaccinations. METHODS To estimate the risk of medically attended local reactions following Td vaccination in adolescents and young adults we conducted a six-year retrospective cohort study assessing 4...

Vaccinations against infectious diseases are one of the major achievements in medicine in the last century and the most effective method for preventing infections. Concern about safety of vaccinations has been heightened by several reports of possible vaccine-induced autoimmune phenomena following various vaccinations. So far no study was able to show a casual connection between any vaccine and...