Improving Immunization Coverage in a Rural School District in Pierce County, Washington

Peterson, Robin M.; Cook, Carolyn; Yerxa, Mary E.; Marshall, James H.; Pulos, Elizabeth; Rollosson, Matthew P.

doi:10.1177/1059840512446069

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“…They hold a unique position to promote and educate parents and school personnel about vaccinations. A study conducted in Washington State found parents were receptive to information about vaccinations provided by school nurses (Peterson et al, 2012). School nurses are in a position to clarify misconceptions and provide resources for parents about vaccinations (Luthy et.…”

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Assessment of Vaccine Exemptions Among Wyoming School Children, 2009 and 2011

Pride

Geissler

Kolasa

et al. 2014

The Journal of School Nursing

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During 2010-2011, varicella vaccination was an added requirement for school entrance in Wyoming. Vaccination exemption rates were compared during the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 school years, and impacts of implementing a new childhood vaccine requirement were evaluated. All public schools, grades K-12, were required to report vaccination status of enrolled children for the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 school years to the Wyoming Department of Health. Exemption data were analyzed by exemption category, vaccine, county, grade, and rurality. The proportion of children exempt for ≥ 1 vaccine increased from 1.2% (1,035/87,398) during the 2009-2010 school year to 1.9% (1,678/89,476) during 2011-2012. In 2011, exemptions were lowest (1.5%) in urban areas and highest (2.6%) in the most rural areas, and varicella vaccine exemptions represented 67.1% (294/438) of single vaccination exemptions. Implementation of a new vaccination requirement for school admission led to an increased exemption rate across Wyoming.

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of Vaccine Exemptions Among Wyoming School Children, 2009 and 2011

Pride

Geissler

Kolasa

et al. 2014

The Journal of School Nursing

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“…Our study employs a quantitative research approach known as existing statistics analysis (Kendall, 2013;Neuman, 2011) in which we sampled existing individual-level data in the form of school attendance and influenza vaccination records (Davis, et al, 2008;Peterson et al, 2012) from a target population of 14,278 students in all 20 LISD elementary schools for school year (SY) 2011-2012. Attendance records were from LISD's databases, while vaccination records were from two sources: LISD and the City of Laredo Health Department.…”

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School-Located Influenza Vaccination and Absenteeism Among Elementary School Students in a Hispanic Community

Keck

Ynalvez

González

et al. 2013

The Journal of School Nursing

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Seasonal influenza is recognized as a significant health burden to children and is a cause of excess school absenteeism in children. In 2008, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended annual influenza vaccination for all children 6 months to 18 years of age. School nurses influence participation in this recommendation by conducting school-located influenza vaccination (SLIV) programs at their campuses. Knowing the effect of SLIV programs on student absenteeism may motivate school nurses and district administrators to conduct such vaccination programs. This study examines the impact of an SLIV program on elementary school absenteeism in an inner city school district with a predominantly Hispanic population. Using Poisson regression models with robust standard errors, we analyzed data from 3,775 records obtained by stratified random sampling. Results of the study indicate that students vaccinated through an SLIV program have fewer absences than unvaccinated students. A surprising result of the study shows that students vaccinated through an SLIV program had fewer absences than students vaccinated elsewhere. These results are of particular importance to school nurses who work with large Hispanic populations. Our study illustrates one way that a school nurse can assess the effect of an SLIV program on absenteeism.

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“…69 • School nurses School nurses who are part of a school health program that is enrolled as a Vaccines ForChildren program provider play an integral role in achieving and maintaining high coverage of adolescent immunizations. 70 They can be valuable resources for delivering vaccines because of their knowledge of the school and its students, and access to immunization information systems may help increase their ability to provide vaccines to adolescent students. 71 However, school nurses also hold many responsibilities and may not have the time to participate in schoollocated vaccine programs because of competing job obligations.…”

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Practical Approaches to Optimize Adolescent Immunization

Bernstein,

Bocchini,

Byington

et al. 2017

Pediatrics

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With the expansion of the adolescent immunization schedule during the past decade, immunization rates notably vary by vaccine and by state. Addressing barriers to improving adolescent vaccination rates is a priority. Every visit can be viewed as an opportunity to update and complete an adolescent's immunizations. It is essential to continue to focus and refi ne the appropriate techniques in approaching the adolescent patient and parent in the offi ce setting. Health care providers must continuously strive to educate their patients and develop skills that can help parents and adolescents overcome vaccine hesitancy. Research on strategies to achieve higher vaccination rates is ongoing, and it is important to increase the knowledge and implementation of these strategies. This clinical report focuses on increasing adherence to the universally recommended vaccines in the annual adolescent immunization schedule of the

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Improving Immunization Coverage in a Rural School District in Pierce County, Washington

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Assessment of Vaccine Exemptions Among Wyoming School Children, 2009 and 2011

Assessment of Vaccine Exemptions Among Wyoming School Children, 2009 and 2011

School-Located Influenza Vaccination and Absenteeism Among Elementary School Students in a Hispanic Community

Practical Approaches to Optimize Adolescent Immunization

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