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Immunization Services for Adolescents Within Comprehensive School Health Programs
Author(s) -
Ver Mary E.,
Bryan Gloria,
Hunt Pete,
Allensworth Diane,
Bradley Beverly
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1997.tb03442.x
Subject(s) - school health , immunization , school health education , administration (probate law) , medicine , health education , health care , psychology , family medicine , public health , environmental health , medical education , nursing , political science , immunology , antigen , law
Every school day, more than 95% of the nation's five‐ to 17‐year‐olds attend one of almost 110,000 elementary and secondary schools where they receive instruction in how to avoid major health‐threatening behaviors. School is also the place where children and adolescents can be given preventive health care services, including administration of vaccines and monitoring of immunization levels. This article addresses how expanding school health services could improve immunization levels of school‐aged youth.