Titre : | Community-provider partnerships to reduce immunization disparities : Field report from Northern Manhattan. (2003) |
Auteurs : | Isally-E FINDLEY ; CAESAR (Arturo) : USA. Harlem Renaissance Healthcare Network. Health and Hospitals Corporation. New York City. ; Matilde IRIGOYEN ; Martha SANCHEZ ; Donna SEE ; . SHAOFU CHEN ; Pamela STERNFELS ; Department of Pediatrics. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 7, 2003) |
Pagination : | 1041-1044 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Enfant ; Homme ; Vaccination ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS pR0xcOIq. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In 1996 we launched a community-provider partnership to raise immunization coverage for children aged younger than 3 years in Northern Manhattan, New York City. The partnership was aimed at fostering provider knowledge and accountability, practice improvements, and community outreach. By 1999 the partnership included 26 practices and 20 community groups. Between 1996 and 1999, immunization coverage rates increased in Northern Manhattan 5 times faster than in New York City and 8 times faster than in the United States (respectively, 3.4% vs 0.4% [t=6.05, p |