Community-Provider Partnerships to Reduce Immunization Disparities

Field Report From Northern Manhattan

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AuthorsSally E Findley (0000-0003-1744-3302, 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,...), Matilde Irigoyen (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,...), Donna See (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,...), Martha Sánchez (0000-0002-1634-4591, 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,...), Shaofu Chen (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,...), Pamela Sternfels (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,...), Arturo Caesar (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,...)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue7
Pages1041-1044
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.7.1041
PMID12835176
OpenAlexW2154826712
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited9

In 1996 we launched a community–provider partnership to raise immunization coverage for children aged younger than 3 years in Northern Manhattan, New York City. The partnership was aimed at fostering provider knowledge and accountability, practice improvements, and community outreach. By 1999 the partnership included 26 practices and 20 community groups. Between 1996 and 1999, immunization coverage rates increased in Northern Manhattan 5 times faster than in New York City and 8 times faster than in the United States (respectively, 3.4% vs 0.4% [t = 6.05, p

Accountability · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · General partnership · Immunization · Outreach · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

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