NFID Releases Call for Action To Address Meningitis Inoculation Disparities Among Minorities
"Improving Meningococcal Vaccination Rates in Adolescents and Reducing Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities" (.pdf), National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: The report discusses disparities in meningitis awareness among certain racial and ethnic groups, identifies barriers to immunization and outlines strategies to increase vaccination rates among adolescents of all races. The report makes several recommendations for health care providers to improve outreach efforts to at-risk populations, including the implementation on educational programs, offering educational material in different languages, providing alternative clinic sites and informing eligible families of no-cost vaccine programs (PR Newswire release, 12/2).
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