Immunisation initiatives in general practice. Important lessons from division projects.

Abstract

AIM: To examine immunisation projects undertaken by divisions of general practice through the Divisions and Project Grants Program in the period from 1993 to mid 1997. METHOD: A simple descriptive frequency analysis was conducted of information from the National Information Service Divisions Project database and evaluation reports of the project characteristics and methodology such as: year commenced; duration; location; funding; target groups; intervention; needs assessment; aim(s); study design; measurement (assessment) and outcome(s). RESULTS: Forty-four funded immunisation projects were identified and of these, 12 projects with completed evaluation reports were analysed. Most projects we..