Keeping up with immunizations for adults.

Immunization education among family practice residency programs.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The dynamic nature of immunization schedules, shortages, and administration techniques makes keeping up to date with current national recommendations difficult and necessitates periodic evaluation of immunization teaching resources. METHODS This study surveyed family practice residency program directors in 1998 to assess their satisfaction with immunization teaching ...

Adult vaccination coverage levels among users of complementary/alternative medicine – results from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

BACKGROUND While many Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners do not object to immunization, some discourage or even actively oppose vaccination among their patients. However, previous studies in this area have focused on childhood immunizations, and it is unknown whether and to what extent CAM practitioners may influence the vaccination behavior of their adult patients. The purp...

Factors influencing adults’ immunization practices: a pilot survey study of a diverse, urban community in central Ohio

BACKGROUND Adult vaccination rates in the United States are well below recommendations with disparities in race, ethnicity, and education level resulting in even lower rates for these populations. This study aimed to identify the barriers to and perceptions of immunizations in adults in an urban, underserved, multicultural community. Understanding the factors that influence adults' decisions to...

Physician attitudes and beliefs associated with patient pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination status.

BACKGROUND Barriers to adult immunizations persist as current rates for pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) receipt among eligible adults remain below national goals. This study investigated potential barriers to patients receiving the PPV, including predisposing, enabling, environmental and reinforcing factors among physicians from a variety of practice and geographic settings. METHODS...

Update on immunizations for older adults.