Goal should be to eliminate disparities. Eliminating disparities requires information management for immunizations. Adults should be a target population for immunizations. Programs should cover working poor, to eliminate gaps between Medicaid and private insurance. Immunization may fit best under Public Health Infrastructure.
Immunization seems to fit in all four enabling goals.
The inter-related nature of Immunization and Infectious Diseases was discussed. Duplicating Objectives Cross-reference rather than include duplicative objectives in more than one section. There are priority infectious disease issues that may not be measurable in the present, but are significant public health issues. In instances such as this, developmental objectives are very important. V. General Discussion and Suggestions for Objectives Health care providers should take advantage of patients being in hospitals and provide appropriate immunizations and other preventive measures while they are under care.