Vaccination-Related Activities at Schools With Kindergartners: Evidence From a School Nurse Survey

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Leidner, Andrew J. ; Maughan, Erin D. ; Bjork, Adam ; Black, Carla ; Mazyck, Donna ; Underwood, J. Michael
• Description:
  Vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten varies across the country and within states. We surveyed a convenience sample of kindergarten school nurses to investigate self-reported vaccination-related activities conducted at schools nationwide. The majority of the 1,435 kindergarten school nurses responding reported that their schools communicate with parents and guardians of undervaccinated students by phone (96%), postal mail (67%), newsletters (61%), and e-mail (59%). Most respondents reported documenting vaccination coverage in electronic systems (85%) and sharing coverage reports with health departments (69%). A total of 41% of school nurses worked with external partners for vaccination efforts, the most common support received from partners being vaccine administration (38%) and providing materials/vaccines (21%). School nurses also reported that 95% of kindergartners were up to date for all vaccines. School-based vaccination-related activities are essential to sustaining high levels of vaccination coverage for the protection of children at schools and in the broader community.
• Subjects:
  Article Child Humans Immunization Immunization Programs Nurses School Nurse Schools Surveys And Questionnaires Vaccination Vaccines

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• Source:
  J Sch Nurs. 36(6):464-471
• Pubmed ID:
  31088201
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6854288
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:56a7580053359d8b97cfce78bc96e2d3aa99e1605ead9832956593a00ad59734
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83240/cdc_83240_DS1.pdf
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