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Effective strategies for integrating immunization promotion into community programsSally E Findley
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York, New York 10032, USA
Health Promot Pract 10:128S-137S. 2009..Coalitions can effectively integrate immunization promotion activities into community programs. Immunization rate improvements maintained for a 5-year period, suggesting this approach to be sustainable...
Building a consensus on community health workers' scope of practice: lessons from New YorkSally E Findley
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 102:1981-7. 2012..We evaluated efforts in New York to build a consensus between community health workers (CHWs) and employers on CHWs' scope of practice, training standards, and certification procedures...- A community-based strategy for improving asthma management and outcomes for preschoolersSally E Findley
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Urban Health 88:85-99. 2011..33, p = .003). This study demonstrates that a multi-layered approach can improve asthma outcomes among preschoolers with a combination of parent and provider education having the greatest impact... - Seasonality of childhood infectious diseases in Niono, MaliS E Findley
Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Glob Public Health 5:381-94. 2010..We concluded that seasonality may assist with guiding the development of integrated seasonal disease calendars for programmatic child health promotion activities... - Changes in childhood immunization disparities between central cities and their respective states, 2000 versus 2006Sally E Findley
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Urban Health 86:183-95. 2009..Cities with larger Hispanic populations may need extra help in narrowing their disparities... - Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York CitySally E Findley
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1959-62. 2008..33, 1.75) and to receive timely immunizations than were children in the control group (t = 3.91). The coalition-led, community-based immunization program was effective in improving on-time childhood immunization coverage... - Children on the move and vaccination coverage in a low-income, urban Latino populationS E Findley
Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 89:1728-31. 1999..The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of childhood moves and foreign birth on vaccination coverage among Latino children in New York City... 
Community empowerment to reduce childhood immunization disparities in New York CitySally Findley
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Ave, B2, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ethn Dis 14:S134-41. 2004..Of the 2003 enrollment cohort, the Washington Heights children had the highest rates for enrollment (89.6%), exceeding New York City rates. Parents reported a high level of satisfaction with the program...- Elevated asthma and indoor environmental exposures among Puerto Rican children of East HarlemSally Findley
Joseph L Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 40:557-69. 2003.... - Community-based strategies to reduce childhood immunization disparitiesSally E Findley
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, New York, USA
Health Promot Pract 7:191S-200S. 2006..Embedding immunization promotion into existing community programs was successful in eliminating immunization disparities. Most effective programs were those with direct linkages to health care systems or that targeted young children... - Community-provider partnerships to reduce immunization disparities: field report from northern ManhattanSally E Findley
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1041-4. 2003..The coverage rate for Northern Manhattan stayed constant through 2000, although it declined during this period for the United States and New York City. We attribute the success at reducing the gap to the effectiveness of our partnership... - Change in parental reasons for use of an urban pediatric emergency department in the past decadeMelissa S Stockwell
Division of General Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:181-5. 2010..To assess changes over the past decade in parental reasons associated with nonurgent visits to pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) during regular primary care office hours... - Dental caries experience in northern Manhattan adolescentsDennis A Mitchell
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Division of Community Health, 630 West 168th Street, P and S Box 20, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Public Health Dent 63:189-94. 2003..The study sought to document dental caries among adolescents residing in northern Manhattan, New York, by race, sex, and community... - Impact of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' 4-day grace period in a low-income communityMatilde Irigoyen
Division of General Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:245-50. 2003..e., repeating all doses that fall outside current ACIP guidelines)... - Early continuity of care and immunization coverageMatilde Irigoyen
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:199-203. 2004..We examined the relationship between early and exclusive continuity of care at the initial source of care and immunization coverage... - Patterns and predictors of asthma-related emergency department use in HarlemJ G Ford
Harlem Lung Center, Harlem Lung Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10037, USA
Chest 120:1129-35. 2001..To assess the roles of poor access to care, psychological risk factors, and asthma severity in frequent emergency department (ED) use... - Forecasting non-stationary diarrhea, acute respiratory infection, and malaria time-series in Niono, MaliDaniel C Medina
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 2:e1181. 2007..Unfortunately, these disease time-series often i) suffer from non-stationarity; ii) exhibit large inter-annual plus seasonal fluctuations; and, iii) require disease-specific tailoring of forecasting methods... - The impact of community health worker training and programs in NYCMoises Perez
Alianza Dominicana, Inc, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:26-43. 2006..Integration of CHW training into community programs is effective for empowering health promotion in underserved communities...