Adolescent Immunizations

Adolescent immunization practices: a national survey of US physicians.

BACKGROUND Adolescent immunization rates remain low. Hence, a better understanding of the factors that influence adolescent immunization is needed. OBJECTIVE To assess the adolescent immunization practices of US physicians. DESIGN AND SETTING A 24-item survey mailed in 1997 to a national sample of 1480 pediatricians and family physicians living in the United States, randomly selected from t...

Adolescent immunizations and other clinical preventive services: a needle and a hook?

Advances in technology have led to development of new vaccines for adolescents, but these vaccines will be added to a crowded schedule of recommended adolescent clinical preventive services. We reviewed adolescent clinical preventive health care guidelines and patterns of adolescent clinical preventive service delivery and assessed how new adolescent vaccines might affect health care visits and...

Will coverage for child and adolescent immunizations be mandated for insurance plans in 2006? Lessons learned from the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996.

Adverse effects of adolescent immunizations.

Optimal protection against preventable diseases for adolescents can be provided through routine vaccination. Vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with influenza, meningococcal, human papillomavirus, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis infections. Most reported ad...

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, United States, January to June, 2004 and update on childhood immunizations.

A randomized trial of the effect of centralized reminder/recall on immunizations and preventive care visits for adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a managed care-based patient reminder/recall system on immunization rates and preventive care visits among low-income adolescents. METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled trial between December 2009 and December 2010 that assigned adolescents aged 11-17 years to one of three groups: mailed letter, telephone reminders, or control. Publicly insured youths ...