Abstract

Year long interprofessional collaboration to tackle inner city elementary schools with immunization delinquency. Researchers from UTHealth, nursing students, and various community health agencies worked together to identify root causes for vaccine delinquency. Nursing students worked in the community and applied community health, research knowledge, and skills to address vaccine delinquency.

Author Details

Christina N. DesOrmeaux, PhD, RN, Graduate Department, Cizik School of Nursing UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; Barbara E. Hekel, PhD, Undergraduate Department, Cizik School of Nursing UTHealth at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; Cathy L. Rozmus, PhD, Cizik School of Nursing UTHealth at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Sigma Membership

Zeta Pi

Lead Author Affiliation

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

Baccalaureate Students, Community Health, Research

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Clinical application of research and community health for baccalaureate students: Impacting Houston pediatric immunization rates

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Year long interprofessional collaboration to tackle inner city elementary schools with immunization delinquency. Researchers from UTHealth, nursing students, and various community health agencies worked together to identify root causes for vaccine delinquency. Nursing students worked in the community and applied community health, research knowledge, and skills to address vaccine delinquency.