BACKGROUND Although studies indicate that strategies to improve immunization coverage among preschool-age children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ...Children (WIC) are effective, the attitudes of parents of children enrolled in WIC toward the linkage between WIC and immunization programs is unknown. OBJECTIVE To gain a better understanding of how parents using WIC resources feel about the association of WIC and immunization services, their attitudes toward WIC immunization activities, factors that may cause clients to drop out of the program, and the effects of racial background on parent attitudes. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS We conducted 8 focus group sessions with mothers whose children receive WIC services in Milwaukee, Wis. Mothers were between 18 and 35 years old, with at least 1 child between 6 and 24 months of age. The 47 mothers participating were each assigned to 1 of 8 focus groups, including 2 groups each of Asian, white, African American, and Hispanic mothers. A systematic content analysis was conducted for themes and key points within and across ethnic groups. RESULTS Socially disadvantaged mothers reported their overall experiences in WIC to be very positive. Lengthy waiting time during a WIC visit was identified as the most important barrier to participation. Mothers believed strongly that it was the responsibility of parents to get their children vaccinated, but that WIC staff and the primary care provider should work together to remind parents when vaccinations were due. Mothers expressed very positive attitudes toward the linking of WIC and immunization activities. Telephone reminders and education were mentioned as the best ways to encourage mothers to get their child vaccinated on time. Immunization linkage activities and the requirement that a parent report to a WIC center more frequently if the child was underimmunized were not mentioned as reasons for dropping out of the WIC program; indeed, more frequent visits to a WIC center were actually viewed as a potentially effective strategy by several mothers. Some mothers found obtaining immunizations and WIC services at the same time and place to be very convenient. There did not seem to be any significant differences among ethnic groups in attitudes toward immunization linkage activities being performed in WIC. CONCLUSIONS Mothers with preschool-age children enrolled in WIC feel that the linkage of immunization activities with WIC services is a helpful way to improve the health of their children. This linkage was not identified as a contributing factor for leaving the WIC program.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:65-70-->
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Ratu Sukuna: Soldier, Statesman, Man of Two Worlds. By Deryck Scarr. Macmillan Education Limited for the Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Biography Committee, London 1980. Pp. xi + 220. $F10.
Fiji: The ...Three-Legged Stool. Selected Writings of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna. Edited by Deryck Scarr. Macmillan Education; Limited for the Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Biography Committee, London 1983. Pp. xvi + 528.
Fiji. A Short History. By Deryck Scarr. Allen and Unwin. Sydney 1984. Pp. xvi + 202. $22.95 hardback, $9.95 paperback.
This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983. By K.S. Inglis, assisted by Jan Brazier. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 1983. Pp. x + 521. $24.95.
Arbitrator at Work: Sir William Raymond Kelly and the Regulation of Australian Industrial Relations. By Braham Dabscheck. George Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1983. Pp. xiv + 169. $14.95.
With Banner Unfurled: The Early Years of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union. By Issy Wyner. Hale & Iremonger, Sydney 1983.
Production or Reproduction?: An Economic History of Women in Australia, 1788-1850. By Katrina Alford. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1984. Pp. 264, illustrated. $27 hardback, 312.99 paperback.
King's Men: Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs. By Christopher Cunneen. George Allen & Unwin, North Sydney 1983. Pp. x+ 237-$24.95 hardback, $12.95 paperback.
Romantic Nationalism in Europe. Edited by J.C. Eade. Humanities Research Centre, A.N.U., Canberra 1983. Pp. ix + 221.
History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany. By Heinrich Heine. Edited with introduction and notes by Paul Lawrence Rose. James Cook University of North Queensland Historical Publications, Townsville 1982. Pp. xx + 133. $10, from the University History Dept.
Will-o'-Wisp: Peter the Painter and the Anti-Tsarist Terrorists in Britain and Australia. By F.G. Clarke. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1983. Pp. 131. $25.
The Untold Story: Labor in Rural NSW. By Jack Hallam. George Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1983. Pp. ix + 144, 28 illustrations. $8.95.
Ormond College Centenary Essays. Edited by Sruart Macintyre. Melbourne University Press. Melbourne 1984. Pp. x + 206. $19.95.
British Economists and the Empire. By John Cunningham Wood. Croom Helm, London & Canberra 1983. Pp. 299. $15.95.
Theories of Imperialism: War, Conquest and Capital. By Norman Etherington. Croom Helm. Barnes and Noble 1984. Pp. v + 296. £16.95.
All In! Australia During the Second World War. By Michael McKeman. Nelson, Melbourne 1983. Pp. ix + 286. $27.50.
Churchill's' World Crisis' as History. By Robin Prior. Croom Helm, London and Canberra 1983. Pp. vi + 339. $26.75.
Documents on Australian Foreign Policy 1937-49, Vols. V (July 1941-June 1942) and VI (July 1942-December 1943). Edited by W.J. Hudson and H.J.W. Stokes, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1982 and 1983. Pp. lxxi + 906; lvii + 676.
Special Issue of Australian Journal of Politics and History in Honour of Gordon Greenwood, XXIX, 2. Edited by J.A. Moses, G.P. Shaw and J.M. Siracusa. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia 1983. Pp. 213. $11.00.
Giovanni Rucellai ed il suo Zibaldone II: A Florentine Patrician and his Palace. By F.W. Kent et al, Warburg Institute, London 1981.
Governing the Metropolis: Politics, Technology and Social Change in a Victorian City, Melbourne 1850-1891. By David Dunstan. Melbourne University Press 1984. Pp. xvii + 362. 43 plates. 42 line drawings. $24.50.
Irish Culture and Nationalism, 1750-1950. Edited by Oliver MacDonagh, W.F. Mandle and Pauric Travers. Macmillan in association with Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University. London 1983. Pp. xi + 289. £25.
Historical Records of Victoria: The Early Development of Melbourne, Volume 3. Edited by Michael Cannon. Victorian Government Printing Office, Melbourne 1984. Pp. xix + 670. $28.50 hardback, $19.50 paperback.
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