Thiago Barreto|Laura C. Rodrigues
Factors influencing childhood immunisation in an urban area of Brazil.
study objectivethe aim examine factors associated incomplete vaccination urban area sao paulo brazil explore whether differences vaccine coverage catchment area health centres remain demographic constitution population areas controlled designthe children selected controls casecontrol study 455 children selected random age matched health centre registries data collected health centre records home interviews settingall children registered faisa municipal health service comprising large network health centres hospitals faisa9s services free point delivery 85 city9s children registered participantsparticipants selected represent except age distribution children registered municipal health service measurements main resultsinformation collected subjects9 vaccine history year birth sex birth order birth weight health centre registration mothers9 age education marital status family9s income per capita history migration analysis undertaken identify risk factors vaccination whether differential coverage health centres9 catchment areas remained demographic characteristics population controlled high coverage dpt polio vaccines suggests low overall coverage simply result mothers failing bring children vaccination variable best predicted vaccine coverage year birth children born immigrant mothers large families lower vaccine uptake characteristics children mothers account variation vaccination coverage catchment areas different health centres conclusionsit likely area vaccination completeness associated mainly health centre9s ability deliver vaccination target population