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- Title
Characterization of Vaccination Policies for Attendance and Employment at Day/Summer Camps in New York State.
- Authors
Prescott, William A.; Violanti, Kelsey C.; Fusco, Nicholas M.
- Abstract
Introduction: New York state requires day/summer camps to keep immunization records for all enrolled campers and strongly recommends requiring vaccination for all campers and staff. The objective of this study was to characterize immunization requirements/recommendations for children/adolescents enrolled in and staff employed at day/summer camps in New York state. Methods: An electronic hyperlink to a 9-question survey instrument was distributed via e-mail to 178 day/summer camps located in New York state cities with a population size greater than 100 000 people. A follow-up telephone survey was offered to nonresponders. The survey instrument included questions pertaining to vaccination documentation policies for campers/staff and the specific vaccines that the camp required/recommended. Fisher's exact and Chi-square tests were used to analyze categorical data. Results: Sixty-five day/summer camps responded to the survey (36.5% response rate): 48 (73.8%) and 23 (41.8%) camps indicated having a policy/procedure for documenting vaccinations for campers and staff, respectively. Camps that had a policy/procedure for campers were more likely to have a policy/procedure for staff (P =.0007). Age-appropriate vaccinations that were required/recommended for campers by at least 80% of camps included: measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP), hepatitis B, inactivated/oral poliovirus (IPV/OPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), and varicella. Age-appropriate vaccinations that were required/recommended for staff by at least 80% of camps included: DTaP, hepatitis B, IPV/OPV, MMR, meningococcus, varicella, Hib, and tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap). Conclusion: Vaccination policies at day/summer camps in New York state appear to be suboptimal. Educational outreach may encourage camps to strengthen their immunization policies, which may reduce the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); CAMPS; AGE distribution; CHI-squared test; CHILDREN'S health; DOCUMENTATION; DPT vaccines; EMPLOYMENT; FISHER exact test; HEPATITIS B vaccines; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES vaccines; HEALTH policy; MEDICAL protocols; MUMPS vaccines; WHOOPING cough vaccines; POLIOMYELITIS vaccines; RUBELLA vaccines; SURVEYS; ADOLESCENT health; TELEPHONES; EMAIL; CHICKENPOX vaccines; HAEMOPHILUS disease vaccines
- Publication
Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 4, p382
- ISSN
0897-1900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0897190017751947