TETANUS IMMUNIZATION - EVALUATION OF A PR OMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN AT A FAMILY MEDICINE UNIT

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a tetanus immunization poster at a medical clinic in encouraging patients to request immunization a gainst tetanus with d(2)T(5). DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. SETTING The Family Medicine Unit (F.M.U.) at the Centre hospitalier de l'Univ ersite Laval (C.H.U.L.), a tertiary hospital in the region of Quebec C ity. PARTICIPANTS All patients over 7 years of age CHUL's FMU between February 22 and March 19, 1993. INTERVENTIONS Poster promoting tetanus immunization displayed in waiting room during test weeks 2 and 4 and withdrawn during control weeks 1 and 3. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Proportio n of patients vaccinated with d(2)T(5). RESULTS The proportion of pati ents vaccinated during the test weeks was the same as the proportion v accinated during the control weeks. Week 1: 1/507 (0,20); Week 2: 1/39 4 (0,25); Week 3: 1/441 (0,23); Week 4: 1/486 (0,21). CONCLUSION The p resence of the posters in the waiting room had no impact on tetanus im munization at CHUL's FMU.