Recommendations regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children- adolescents- and adults. Task Force on Community Preventive Services

This report makes recommendations on the use

of interventions to increase vaccine coverage

levels. The reviews of evidence on which these

recommendations are based are provided in the accompanying

article (see Briss et al., page 97). The recommendations

apply to vaccinations universally recommended

for children, adolescents and adults, i.e.,

measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations for young

children; hepatitis B vaccinations for adolescents; and

annual influenza vaccinations for adults aged $ 65. A

complete listing of the types of vaccines for which these

recommendations are considered to apply is provided

in the accompanying evidence review.