Influenza
Studies from the United States add new findings to influenza body of knowledge
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 16th, 2006
Study 1: Interventions increased influenza vaccination of children aged 6-23 months in inner-city family health centers.
According to recent research from the United States, "The purposes of this study were to test the ability of tailored interventions to raise influenza immunization rates and assess the effect on timely receipt of other vaccines. We conducted a before/after trial over two years to increase influenza vaccination rates of patients 6-23 months old in five inner-city family health centers serving low-income children with a sixth site as a concurrent control."
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