OBJECTIVES: To examine vaccination in seniors in the five US communities of the Racial
and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional telephone …

Objectives: To identify facilitators of and barriers to vaccination in patients from a range of
socioeconomic levels. Design: A survey was conducted in 2001 using computer‐assisted …

Objective. To explore three potential causes of racial/ethnic differences in influenza
vaccination rates in the elderly:(1) resistant attitudes and beliefs regarding vaccination by …

BACKGROUND: Marked racial disparities persist in influenza and pneumococcal
vaccinations among Medicare beneficiaries. This study sought to assess the contribution …

BACKGROUND: Despite strong evidence of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination,
immunization rates have reached a plateau that is below the 2010 national goals. Our …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the distribution of influenza vaccine coverage in the United
States in 2008. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis. SETTING: The 2008 Behavioral Risk …

OBJECTIVES: Despite the burden of disease caused by influenza and pneumococcus,
immunization rates are moderate and have not reached national goals set for 2010. This …

BACKGROUND: Despite known benefits of influenza vaccination and coverage by Medicare
Part B, elderly minority patients are less likely to receive influenza vaccination than whites …

BACKGROUND: Racial/ethnic differences in influenza vaccination exist among elderly
adults despite nearly universal Medicare health insurance coverage. Overall influenza …

Objective. To identify factors associated with receipt of the pneumococcal and influenza
vaccines among community-dwelling older persons with chronic disease. Methods. A …