PMID- 8334605
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19930825
LR  - 20180709
IS  - 0008-4263 (Print)
IS  - 0008-4263 (Linking)
VI  - 84
IP  - 2
DP  - 1993 Mar-Apr
TI  - Evaluation of registered nurses follow-up on the reported immunization status of 
      children attending child care centres.
PG  - 124-7
AB  - The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether follow-up by nurses increased 
      the reported rate of correctly immunized preschoolers in child care centres 
      (CCCs). Records from 14 randomly selected CCCs from the Hamilton-Wentworth area 
      (n = 514 records) were assessed for the number of correctly immunized 
      preschoolers by two nurses operating in different centres. The nurses advised the 
      centres about all incomplete records and reminded parents to update their child's 
      immunization status. One nurse revisited all her assigned centres two to five 
      weeks later. Both nurses returned to the CCCs to reevaluate the records two to 
      eight months after the initial contact. 382 records were available for the second 
      review (25% drop out rate). The reported rates increased significantly for all 
      immunizations. There was no difference when the follow-up intervention was 
      greater. This study suggests that monitoring records improves the completeness of 
      the records in CCCs; 19.9% of child records were updated (76 of 382). In 3.4% of 
      cases (13 of 382), the children received immunizations that had been previously 
      missed.
FAU - O'Mara, L M
AU  - O'Mara LM
AD  - Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, On.
FAU - Isaacs, S
AU  - Isaacs S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Can J Public Health
JT  - Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
JID - 0372714
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Day Care Centers
MH  - *Child Welfare
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Health Services Needs and Demand
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization/*standards
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Nursing Audit
MH  - Nursing Evaluation Research
MH  - Ontario
MH  - School Nursing/*standards
EDAT- 1993/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1993/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1993/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1993/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1993/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1993/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Can J Public Health. 1993 Mar-Apr;84(2):124-7.