The Challenge And Potential Of Childhood Immunization Registries

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Annu. Rev. Public Health 2003. 24:227-246.
 

 

THE CHALLENGE AND POTENTIAL OF CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION REGISTRIES

Victoria A. Freeman and Gordon H. DeFriese
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7590; email: victoria_freeman@unc.edu gordon_defriese@unc.edu


 

KEY WORDS: immunization, registry, child health

Recent efforts to attain near-complete coverage of child populations by recommended vaccines have included initiatives by federal and state agencies, as well as private foundations, to develop and implement statewide or community-based childhood immunization registries. Plans for a single, national registry have been set aside in favor of a national network of local and state registries linked through the use of common definitions and unique child identifiers. However, both operational/technical and financing difficulties have slowed their development. The experience to date in selected areas has provided useful lessons for further development of a registry system and has underscored the potential of such systems to assure the success of childhood immunization initiatives.


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