One more visit could close demographic gaps in infant immunization efforts
...is is worrisome because groups of children who are undervaccinated are susceptible to outbreaks and can transmit disease to others in the community, they say. They also note that this study showed that children living near poverty had coverage levels similar to children living below poverty. It is reasonable t...Childhood vaccination coverage affected by temporary suspension of hepatitis B vaccine
...ductions also represent an excess 182,000 children undervaccinated for hepatitis B at 19 months of age compared with 1998 coverage levels. Coverage with other recommended vaccinations did not decline over this time. "Effective communication messages are a critical component of rapid changes in vaccination recommenda...Many children are undervaccinated or have delayed vaccinations in their first 2 years of life
Approximately one-third of U.S. children were undervaccinated for more than six months and one-fourth experience...ted to determine the cumulative days children were undervaccinated during the first 24 months of life for each of 6 vaccines (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellu...