Effect of the conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades on vaccination coverage in older Mexican people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunization is one of the most effective ways of preventing illness, disability and death from infectious diseases for older people. However, worldwide immunization rates are still low, particularly for the most vulnerable groups within the elderly population. The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of the Oportunidades -an incentive-based poverty alleviation program- on vaccination coverage for poor and rural older people in Mexico.

Methods

Cross-sectional study, based on 2007 Oportunidades Evaluation Survey, conducted in low-income households from 741 rural communities (localities with <2,500 inhabitants) of 13 Mexican states. Vaccination coverage was defined according to three individual vaccines: tetanus, influenza and pneumococcal, and for com

SUBMITTER: Salinas-Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3711738 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature