U.S. College and University Student Health Screening Requirements for Tuberculosis and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Coll Health
• Personal Author:
  Jewett, A. ; Bell, T ; Cohen, NJ. ; Buckley, K. ; Leino, V. ; Even, S. ; Beavers, S. ; Brown, C. ; Marano, N.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Colleges are at risk for communicable disease outbreaks because of the high degree of person-to-person interactions and relatively crowded dormitory settings. This report describes the U.S. college student health screening requirements among U.S. resident and international students for tuberculosis (TB) and vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) as it relates to the American College Health Association (ACHA) Guidelines.
  
  Methods/Participants
  
  In April 2012, U.S. college health administrators (N=2858) were sent online surveys to assess their respective school’s TB screening and immunization requirements.
  
  Results
  
  Surveys were completed by 308 (11%) schools. Most schools were aware of the ACHA immunization (78%) and TB screening (76%) guidelines. Schools reported having policies related to immunization screening (80.4%), immunization compliance (93%), TB screening (55%), and TB compliance (87%).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Most colleges were following ACHA guidelines. However, there are opportunities for improvement to fully utilize the recommendations and prevent outbreaks of communicable diseases among students in colleges.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Female Health Policy Humans Male Mass Screening Student Health Services Students Surveys And Questionnaires Tuberculosis Universities Vaccination

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• Source:
  J Am Coll Health. 64(5):409-415
• Pubmed ID:
  26730492
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4879121
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U38 HM000414/HM/NCHM CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ed1058d4a6c87d0ecb3e68ba3b15708354d7f912ecd249ee2913c8e19710f12f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39619/cdc_39619_DS1.pdf
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