Community-Provider Partnerships to Reduce Immunization Disparities: Field Report From Northern Manhattan
Sally E. Findley, PhD,
Matilde Irigoyen, MD,
Donna See, MPH, MBA,
Martha Sanchez, BA,
Shaofu Chen, MD, PhD,
Pamela Sternfels, MS and
Arturo Caesar, MD, MPH
Sally E. Findley and Martha Sanchez are with the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Matilde Irigoyen, Donna See, Shaofu Chen, and Pamela Sternfels are with the Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Arturo Caesar is with Harlem Renaissance Healthcare Network, Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York City, and the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
FIGURE 1—Immunization coverage rates (4:3:1:3 series) for children aged 19 to 35 months in Northern Manhattan, New York City, and the United States, 1996 to 2000.
Note. The 4:3:1:3 series is 4 injections for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, 3 for polio, 1 for measles, and 3 for Haemophilus influenzae type b. Excludes data for 1998.