"Residential Mobility as a Risk Factor for Underimmunization."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 123rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Public Health Association, held October 29 - November 2, 1995, in San Diego, California, "Highly mobile populations lack continuity of health services. We examined change of residence as a risk factor for lack of age-appropriate immunization of children up to 2 yrs of age. From 4193-8193, we conducted a household survey using multistage, cluster sampling methods. 201 randomly selected households were interviewed to assess immunization coverage, change of residence and other factors. Age-appropriate immunization was defined as adherence to the AAP/ACIP recommended schedule of...

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