| Immunizations protect children from communicable diseases that can cause children to miss days of school and/or result in disabilities that can potentially limit their ability to achieve in school. States, communities and private organizations across the country have experimented with a range of approaches to boost immunization rates. In general, child-specific “prompts,” such as letters that contain information about individual children, combined with monetary incentives to families, appear to be helpful. A more cost-effective alternative to monetary incentives may be increased access to public health institutions (Yokley & Glenwick, 1984). |
