U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vaccination Programs: Health Care System-Based Interventions Implemented in Combination

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: October 2014

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup, Access to Health Services Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends using a combination of health care system-based interventions to increase vaccination rates in certain populations. Specifically, CPSTF recommends that this combination include at least 1 intervention to increase client demand for vaccinations and at least 1 intervention to increase access to vaccinations, is directed at providers or systems, or both. Specific interventions include things like reminder and recall systems and clinic-based education.

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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce the proportion of children who get no recommended vaccines by age 2 years — IID‑02
Target met or exceeded
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 1 dose of the MMR vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑03
Little or no detectable change
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 2 doses of the MMR vaccine for children in kindergarten — IID‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people who get the flu vaccine every year — IID‑09
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of adults age 19 years or older who get recommended vaccines — IID‑D03
Developmental

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2014). Vaccination Programs: Health Care System-Based Interventions Implemented in Combination. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/vaccination-programs-health-care-system-based-interventions-implemented-combination