Effectiveness of primary care-public health collaborations in the delivery of influenza vaccine: A cluster-randomized pragmatic trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-116

  Kempe, Allison ^a,b,c   Albright, Karen ^a,c,d   O'Leary, S ^a,b   Kolasa, Maureen ^e   Barnard, Juliana ^a   Kile, Deidre ^a   Lockhart, Steven ^a   Dickinson, L Miriam ^a,f   Shmueli, Doron ^a   Babbel, Christine ^a   Barrow, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization delivery; Influenza vaccine; Preventive health

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84924662443     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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