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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 Jan-Feb;16(1):57-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.03.010.

Maintenance of Increased Childhood Influenza Vaccination Rates 1 Year After an Intervention in Primary Care Practices

Mary Patricia Nowalk  1 , Richard K Zimmerman  2 , Chyongchiou Jeng Lin  2 , Evelyn Cohen Reis  3 , Hsin-Hui Huang  2 , Krissy K Moehling  2 , Kristin M Hannibal  4 , Annamore Matambanadzo  2 , Emeil M Shenouda  5 , Norma J Allred  6
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Maintenance of Increased Childhood Influenza Vaccination Rates 1 Year After an Intervention in Primary Care Practices

Mary Patricia Nowalk et al. Acad Pediatr. 2016 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Objective: Influenza vaccination rates among some groups of children remain below the Healthy People 2020 goal of 70%. Multistrategy interventions to increase childhood influenza vaccination have not been evaluated recently.

Methods: Twenty pediatric and family medicine practices were randomly assigned to receive the intervention in either year 1 or year 2. This study focuses on influenza vaccine uptake in the 10 year 1 intervention sites during intervention and the following maintenance year. The intervention included the 4 Pillars Immunization Toolkit-a practice improvement toolkit, early delivery of donated vaccine for disadvantaged children, staff education, and feedback on progress. During the maintenance year, practices were not assisted or contacted, except to complete follow-up surveys. Student's t tests assessed vaccine uptake of children aged 6 months to 18 years, and multilevel regression modeling in repeated measures determined variables related to the likelihood of vaccination.

Results: Influenza vaccine uptake increased 12.4 percentage points (PP; P < .01) during active intervention and uptake was sustained (+0.4 PP; P > .05) during maintenance, for an average change of 12.7 PP over all sites, increasing from 42.2% at baseline to 54.9% (P < .001) during maintenance. In regression modeling that controlled for age, race, and insurance, likelihood of vaccination was greater during intervention than baseline (odds ratio 1.47; 95% confidence interval 1.44-1.50; P < .001) and greater during maintenance than baseline (odds ratio 1.50; 95% confidence interval 1.47-1.54; P < .001).

Conclusions: In primary care practices, a multistrategy intervention that included the 4 Pillars Immunization Toolkit, early delivery of vaccine, and feedback was associated with significant improvements in childhood influenza vaccination rates that were maintained 1 year after active intervention.

Keywords: children; immunization; influenza; pediatric influenza vaccination; vaccination.

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