Journal article
Estimating vaccination coverage using parental recall- vaccination cards- and medical records.
OBJECTIVE: To compare estimates based on vaccination cards- parental recall- and medical records of the percentages of children up-to-date on vaccinations for diphtheria- tetanus- and pertussis/ polio/ and measles- mumps- and rubella. METHOD: The authors analyzed parent interview and medical records data from the Baltimore Immunization Study for 525 2-year-olds born from August 1988 through March 1989 to mothers living in low-income Census tracts of the city of Baltimore. RESULTS: Only one-third of children had vaccination cards/ based on medical records- these children had higher up-to-date coverage at 24 months of age than did children without cards. For individual vaccines- only two-thirds of parents could provide information to calculate coverage rates/ however- almost all provided enough information to estimate coverage for the primary series. For each vaccine and the series- parental recall estimates were at least 17 percentage points higher than estimates from medical records. For children without vacc
Languages
- English
Publication year
1998
Journal
Public health reports (Washington- D.C. : 1974)
Volume
6
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Data
