Community-Oriented Epidemic Preparedness and Response to the Jerusalem 2018–2019 Measles Epidemic

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ID11026752
AuthorsChen Stein-Zamir (Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.), Chen Stein‐Zamir (0000-0002-8847-7510, Jerusalem Mental Health Center), Nitza Abramson (Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.), Naomi Edelstein (Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.), Hanna Shoob (Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.), Gary Zentner (Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.), Deena R Zimmerman (0000-0002-7698-3408, Chen Stein-Zamir, Nitza Abramson, Naomi Edelstein, Hanna Shoob, Gary Zentner, and Deena R. Zimmerman are with the Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.)
Year2019
Volume109
Issue12
Pages1714-1716
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2019.305343
PMID31622151
OpenAlexW2980914795
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

Measles epidemics are still a public health challenge worldwide, necessitating a rapid response. The Jerusalem District Health Office applied a community-oriented intervention during the 2018–2019 epidemic (2150 notified cases). Program development targeted the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of high-incidence Jewish ultraorthodox communities. Health care and community collaboration led to coverage rates of measles vaccination increasing from 80% to 95% within three months and a significant decline in incidence. Epidemic preparedness calls for maintaining the infrastructure of countermeasures combined with sustaining immunization coverage

Environmental health · Measles · Political science · Preparedness · Sociology · Vaccination · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Demography · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology · Virology and Viral Diseases

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