1980
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.70.4.422
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Effectiveness of a mailed reminder on the immunization levels of infants at high risk of failure to complete immunizations.

Abstract: The Ohio Department of Health initiated a program of mailing an immunization reminder to the mothers of six-month-old children predicted to be at high risk of failure to receive vaccinations based on birth certificate information. The evaluation results indicated a 50% gain in immunizations amongst children whose parents received the letter when compared with those not receiving the letter.

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“…In the 2 intervention clinics, series completion rates increased 15 from 1992 to 1993, compared with 0% for the 2 control clinics ( Table 1). The rate of improvement for each intervention clinic exceeded its matched control, but the difference was only statistically significant for 1 pair.…”
Section: Clinic Basedmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 2 intervention clinics, series completion rates increased 15 from 1992 to 1993, compared with 0% for the 2 control clinics ( Table 1). The rate of improvement for each intervention clinic exceeded its matched control, but the difference was only statistically significant for 1 pair.…”
Section: Clinic Basedmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…26 -85 Nine additional papers provided more information regarding an already included study. 86 -94 A total of 18 studies had limited execution 26,27,34,51,54,56,60,62,69,70,75,81,85 or least suitable designs 35,44,53,58,73 and were therefore not included in clinic-based education, 28,29,31,33,36,42 provider education, 30 -33,36,63 reducing out-of-pocket costs, 28,30,32,66,71,76 provider assessment and feedback, 36,42,47 client incentives, 33,66,84 28 Two qualifying studies 78,84 provided data that could not be expressed as a percentage point change in coverage. The remaining studies provided data regarding 31 single-component and 23 multicomponent intervention arms.…”
Section: Client Reminder/recallmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The finding for q states that 90 per cent of the children had received at least one prior immunization, a result consonant with other study estimates. 3 The relative size of the shaded region measures the number of referrals reporting immunizations in excess of that expected to have occurred under no effect conditions. The computed number was 1,219, or 44 per cent of N. Therefore, our result is that 44 per cent of the referral families who reported immunizations were influenced by the aides into either starting immunizations or obtaining additional immunizations promptly.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%