A Middle School Immunization Law Rapidly and Substantially Increases Immunization Coverage Among Adolescents

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ID11029217
AuthorsFrancisco Averhoff (0000-0003-0810-1212, Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Leslie Linton (Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Leslie S Linton (Health and Human Services Agency), K MICHAEL PEDDECORD (0000-0003-4107-8050, Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Christine Edwards (0000-0001-6783-6513, Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Wendy Wang (0009-0007-8630-2796, Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Daniel Fishbein (Francisco Averhoff and Daniel Fishbein are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Leslie Linton, K. Michael Peddecord, and Christine Edwards are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. Leslie Linton is also with, and Wendy Wang is with, the Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.), Daniel B Fishbein (Health and Human Services Agency)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue6
Pages978-984
Publication date2004-06-01
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.94.6.978
PMID15249302
OpenAlexW2076049412
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited8

Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of a middle school vaccination requirement for raising second-dose measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine coverage among adolescents. Methods. Random-digit-dialed telephone surveys were conducted before (1998) and after (1999) the implementation of a vaccination requirement for entry into the seventh grade in San Diego, Calif. Results. Vaccination coverage was higher among children subject to the vaccination requirement (seventh-grade students; 60%) than among fifth- and sixth-grade students 1 year before the requirement (13%, P Conclusions. Middle school–entry vaccination requirements can rapidly and substantially raise vaccination coverage among students subject to the law

Environmental health · Immunization · Measles · Rubella · Vaccination · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Demography · Immunology · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology and Viral Diseases · Pediatrics

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