UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES IN INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION RATES: A SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND...
ABSTRACT
A goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the influenza immunization rate among high-risk populations to at least 90 percent. This article presents the results of a survey on influenza immunizations among African-Americans
INTRODUCTION
A goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the influenza immunization rate among non-institutionalized populations 65 years of age and older to at least 90 percent to eliminate racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in the use of health care resources. This article reports on the procedures, data collection, analyses, and baseline data for a project that is focused on reducing the disparity in influenza immunization rates between African-Americans and Caucasian Medicare beneficiaries within a 25-county area in Texas.
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