A Middle School Immunization Law Rapidly and Substantially Increases Immunization Coverage Among Adolescents
- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 94 (6) , 978-984
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.94.6.978
Abstract
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. 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. 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 <.001), and 8th- through 12th-grade students not subject to the requirement (27%, P <.0001). Middle school-entry vaccination requirements can rapidly and substantially raise vaccination coverage among students subject to the law.Keywords
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