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Robert Roos, News Editor at CIDRAP, has an overview of three reports presented this week at the 44th National Immunization Conference on the effectiveness of school-based flu vaccination programs.
Reports support usefulness of school-based flu vaccination
Robert Roos
News Editor
Apr 19, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Some reports released during the National Immunization Conference this week support the idea that school-based influenza vaccination programs are a workable way to get flu doses into the arms and noses of more school children faster.
More than 120,000 New York City children received pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine doses at school in the fall of 2009, and school-based immunization against H1N1 was practiced widely in Massachusetts as well, according to abstracts of studies being presented at the Atlanta conference.
Among the topics being discussed at this week’s conference, the website lists:
- Adolescent Immunization
- Adult Immunization
- Assessment Barriers to Vaccination
- Community and Partnerships
- Childhood Immunization
- Cultural Diversity
- Global Immunization Surveillance
- Health Communications
- Health Education Policy and Legislation
- New Vaccines and Vaccine Development
- Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Vaccine Safety
- Immunization Registries
When available, full-text abstracts may be accessed via the online agenda.
