Example of search strategy provided by Perman et al. [1]: conducted in Ovid MEDLINEa | Example of more comprehensive search strategy: conducted in Ovid MEDLINE |
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1. child* 2. adolescen* 3. school 4. exp. MASS VACCINATION 5. vaccination 6. 1 or 2 7. 4 or 5 8. 3 and 6 and 7 9. 8 with limits: Language (English), Publication Date (2000 to 2015) 10. Remove duplicates from 9 | 1. immunization/ or immunization schedule/ or vaccination/ or mass vaccination/ 2. (immuniz* or immunis* or vaccinat*).ti, ab, kf. 3. 1 or 2 4. schools/ or school health services/ or school nursing/ or “journal of school health”.jn. or (school* or kindergarten).ti, ab, kf. 5. 3 and 4 6. limit 5 to (english language and yr. = “2000–2015”) 7. Remove duplicates from 6 |
Identified 1659 recordsb | Identified 2675 records |