Estimating immunization coverage from school-based childhood immunization records

• Published in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 14; no. 7; p. 561
• Main Authors: Murphy, T V, Pastor, P, Turner, S B, Jacobs, J L, White, K E, Medley, F, Osterholm, M T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1995
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Immunization Programs - statistics & numerical data; Immunization Programs - trends; Immunization Schedule; Infant; Male; Medical Records; Minnesota; Retrospective Studies; Sampling Studies; Schools; Texas; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data

To determine the accuracy of school-based childhood immunization records and to describe the effects of their use on estimates of community-wide immunization coverage, we verified the immunizations to 72 months of age for children born in 1986 to residents in Dallas County, TX, and in Minnesota. Ver...