Local-Level Adult Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Disparities: Chicago, Illinois, 2015-2016

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 517 - 523
• Main Authors: Hughes, Michelle M, Saiyed, Nazia S, Chen, Tiffany S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Public Health Association 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; African Americans/Blacks; Age Factors; Aged; AJPH Research; Chicago - epidemiology; Communities; Community; Cultural differences; Cultural factors; Demography; Disease; Ethnic factors; Ethnic groups; Ethnic neighborhoods; Ethnicity; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Family income; Female; Health care; Health Care Surveys; Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data; Hispanic people; Hispanics/Latinas; Humans; Immunization; Immunization/Vaccines; Influenza; Influenza Vaccines - therapeutic use; Insurance coverage; Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data; Male; Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Neighborhoods; Other Race/Ethnicity; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Physicians; Pneumococcal Vaccines - therapeutic use; Pneumonia; Polls & surveys; Public health; Race; Racial differences; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys; Trust; Urban Health; Vaccination; Vaccines; Young Adult; Chicago; United States > US; Illinois; Chicago Illinois

To investigate local-level adult influenza and pneumococcal vaccination disparities to inform targeted interventions. Questions on influenza and pneumococcal vaccination uptake were included in a door-to-door community-based representative survey conducted in 10 Chicago, Illinois, neighborhoods in 2...