School-based hepatitis B immunization program: Follow-up of non-participants at first school clinic

Paula Stewart, Noni MacDonald, Ian Manion

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)192-196
Number of pages5
JournalCanadian Journal of Public Health
Volume88
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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