Timely Immunization Series Completion among Children of Immigrants
Timely Immunization Series Completion among Children of Immigrants
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-007-9048-8
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Van Hook, Jennifer
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作者：
Buelow, Victoria H.;Van Hook, Jennifer
这项研究考察了移民子女及时完成免疫接种系列与父母出生、在美国居住时间和公民身份的关系。我们分析了2000-2003年全国健康访谈调查(NHIS)的儿童免疫补充数据。以18个月龄前完成4：3：1：3系列联合免疫为因变量。用嵌套Logistic回归模型检验父母出生与及时完成免疫接种的关系。尽管社会经济和医疗保健的获得部分解释了父母出生、公民身份和居住时间在及时完成方面的差异，但与有美国出生的母亲的孩子相比，与有美国出生的母亲的孩子相比，有外国出生的母亲按时完成合并系列的几率降低了14%。在该国居住不到5年的非公民母亲的子女按时完成免疫接种的可能性最小。要消除儿童在及时完成免疫接种方面的差距，需要特别关注新移民和非公民移民的儿童。
This study examines the relationship between timely immunization series completion among children of immigrants and parental nativity, residential duration in the United States, and citizenship status. We analyzed data from the childhood immunization supplement of the 2000-2003 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). Combined 4: 3: 1: 3: 3 immunization series completion by 18 months of age served as the dependent variable. Nested logistic regression models were estimated to examine relationship between parental nativity and timely immunization completion. Although socio-economic and health care access partially explained parental nativity, citizenship, and residential duration differences in timely completion, having a foreign-born mother was associated with a 14% reduced odds of completing the combined series on time when compared to children with US-born mothers net of covariates. Children of non-citizen mothers who had resided in the country for less than 5 years were the least likely to complete immunizations on time. The elimination of disparities in timely immunization completion among children requires special attention to children of newly arrived and non-citizen immigrants.