Immunization assessment of two year olds in a select Harris County population

The purpose of this retrospective study was to explore the relationship between race, income, primary language and immunization rates of preschoolers in seven Northeast Harris County school districts. Kindergarten and first grade student records were abstracted using a multistage sampling design to systematically review 806 records. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to summarize data and to determine the association between race, income, primary language, and immunization rates. The sample consisted of 69% White and 31% non-White students. High income schools comprised 37% of the sample and 63% were low income schools. English was the primary language for 93% of the students, while 6% identified Spanish as the primary language spoken at home. Disease prevention standard was met by 460 (57%) students by age two. The gold standard was met by 315 (39%) of the students and only 69 students (19%) were fully immunized age appropriately. Income was found to significantly influence immunization rates.

Name thesis:degree_name

Masters of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1993

Author dc:creator

• Ingrando, Kathleen T.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Kernicki, Jeanette

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Wieck, Lynn
• Hutchinson, Shirley

• Public health
• Health education
• Minority & ethnic groups
• Sociology
• Ethnic studies
• Health and environmental sciences
• Social sciences
• Education

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/12965

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/12965