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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vaccination Programs: Home Visits to Increase Vaccination Rates

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: February 2016

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup, Access to Health Services Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends home visits to increase vaccination rates in children and adults. In these interventions, home visitors:

  • Assess whether people have gotten recommended vaccines
  • Discuss why it’s important to get recommended vaccines
  • Either provide vaccines or refer people elsewhere

CPSTF noted that home visits can be expensive compared to other options.

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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce the proportion of children who get no recommended vaccines by age 2 years — IID‑02
Target met or exceeded
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 1 dose of the MMR vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑03
Little or no detectable change
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 2 doses of the MMR vaccine for children in kindergarten — IID‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people who get the flu vaccine every year — IID‑09
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of adults age 19 years or older who get recommended vaccines — IID‑D03
Developmental

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2016). Vaccination Programs: Home Visits to Increase Vaccination Rates. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/vaccination-programs-home-visits-increase-vaccination-rates