[Tetanus vaccination. Evaluation of a program of health promotion in a family medicine unit].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effectiveness of a tetanus immunization poster at a medical clinic in encouraging patients to request immunization against tetanus with d2T5.


DESIGN
Quasi-experimental study.


SETTING
The Family Medicine Unit (F.M.U.) at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (C.H.U.L.), a tertiary hospital in the region of Quebec City.


PARTICIPANTS
All patients over 7 years of age at 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Poster promoting tetanus immunization displayed in waiting room during test weeks 2 and 4 and withdrawn during control weeks 1 and 3.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
Proportion of patients vaccinated with d2T5.


RESULTS
The proportion of patients vaccinated during the test weeks was the same as the proportion vaccinated during the control weeks. Week 1: 1/507 (0.20); Week 2: 1/394 (0.25); Week 3: 1/441 (0.23); Week 4: 1/486 (0.21).


CONCLUSION
The presence of the posters in the waiting room had no impact on tetanus immunization at CHUL's FMU.