Public Health

Reports outline public health study results from Columbia University

Published in Physician Law Weekly, December 31st, 2008

"We used a retrospective, matching, birth cohort design to evaluate a comprehensive, coalition-led childhood immunization program of out-reach, education, and reminders in a Latino, urban community," scientists writing in the American Journal of Public Health report.

"After we controlled for Latino ethnicity and Medicaid, we found that children enrolled in the program were 53% more likely to be up-to-date (adjusted odds ratio=1.53; 95% confidence interval=1.33, 1.75) and to receive timely immunizations than were children in the control group (t=3.91)," wrote S.E. Findley and colleagues, Columbia University.

The researchers concluded: "The...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2008-12-31)

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