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International Ballroom F
Wednesday, March 8, 2006: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

I4: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Immunization

Presenters in this workshop will discuss 1) how incorporating community-based strategies into exiting programs can reduce disparities; 2) how measuring urban community characteristics and immunization coverage can provide useful information on disparities and 3) the association between provider type and racial and ethnic disparities.
Moderator:Norma Allred
2:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:05 PMImmunization Disparties in U.S. Cities: Does coverage vary in proportion to the demographic characteristics of urban areas?
Karen G. Wooten, Qian Li, James A. Singleton
2:20 PMCommunity-based Strategies to Reduce Childhood Immunization Disparities
Sally E. Findley, Matilde Irigoyen, Martha Sanchez, Letty Guzman, Miriam Mejia, Reginald Miller, Shaofu Chen, Frank M. Chimkin
 Does Vaccination Coverage Differ by Provider Type?
Holly Groom, Karen Wooten, Maureen S. Kolasa, Pamela Ching, Abigail Shefer
2:50 PMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC