[ XXXX vaccination. Evaluation of a program of health promotion in a family medicine unit].

@entity1 @entity116
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of a @entity116 immunization poster at a medical clinic in encouraging @entity1 to request immunization against @entity116 with d2T5. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental study. SETTING: The Family Medicine Unit (F.M.U.) at the Centre hospitalier de l'Universit   Laval (C.H.U.L.), a tertiary hospital in the region of Quebec City. @entity1 : All @entity1 over 7 years of age at CHUL's FMU between February 22 and March 19, 1993. INTERVENTIONS: Poster promoting @entity116 immunization displayed in waiting room during test weeks 2 and 4 and withdrawn during control weeks 1 and 3. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Proportion of @entity1 vaccinated with d2T5. RESULTS: The proportion of @entity1 vaccinated during the test weeks was the same as the proportion vaccinated during the control weeks. Week 1: 1/507 (0.20); Week 2: 1/394 (0.25); Week 3: 1/441 (0.23); Week 4: 1/486 (0.21). CONCLUSION: The presence of the posters in the waiting room had no impact on @entity116 immunization at CHUL's FMU.
