Abstract
This research project was conducted in the Ottawa-Carleton region of Ontario to provide information on reason why students did not participate in a Grade 7 hepatitis B school immunization project, and to determine whether telephone contract increased attendance at the community catch-up clinics above that achieved by a notice sent home with the child from school. A matched comparison group design was used. The overall uptake of the first dose of the vaccine in the region was 94% of 8,560 eligible students; 90% were immunized at the school clinic and 4% at the community catch-up clinics. Of parents in the intervention group 198 (95%) were contracted by phone. The major reasons for non-participation at the school clinics were; (1) the child was not at school on the clinic day, or the child was sick (51%), (2) there were problems with the consent form (21%), and (3) the parents did not know of the program (10%). More students from the intervention group (72%) came for vaccination than did those of the control group (50%) (p < 0.01).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 192-196 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Canadian Journal of Public Health |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health