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A Team of Nurses and Physicians at a Community Hospital

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A team of nurses and physicians at a community hospital were concerned about the lack of vaccinations among children being seen in the emergency department (ED) . They knew that in other states there had been an outbreak of measles and wanted to avoid it in their community. Based on their review of the ED records, they immediately mounted an aggressive vaccine campaign sponsored by the hospital. The program did not succeed. What key component(s) of health program planning did they miss that might explain the failure of the program?


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Meta-Analysis

A statistical technique that aggregates the results of multiple studies to determine the overall effect size or strength of an outcome.

Meta-Analysis

A statistical method that amalgamates findings from various research studies to reach an overarching verdict.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of the experimental effect.

Meta-Analysis

A statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple scientific studies on the same topic to derive more robust conclusions.

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