A Multi‐Disciplinary Curriculum for 11‐ to 13‐Year‐Olds: Immunization, Plus!

Glik, Deborah C.; Stone, Kathleen M.; McNeil, John D.; Berkanovic, Emil; Jones, Marcy Connell; Richardes, Darcy A.; Mirocha, Jim

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1997.tb03443.x

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“…Innovative multidisciplinary curricula have been developed to promote vaccine education in schools 35,36 ; these curricula can be used to meet existing educational goals in several topic areas, thereby reducing competition between health education and other academic priorities. 36 Vaccine manufacturers have supplied temporary grants to develop vaccine education for students and staff; good examples include the "Roll up Both Sleeves!" curriculum and the "Give It a Shot" toolkit, both from the American School Health Association (Fig 3).…”

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The Role of Schools in Strengthening Delivery of New Adolescent Vaccinations

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Schools offer an opportunity to deliver new vaccines to adolescents who may not receive them in their medical home. However, school budgets and health priorities are set at the local level; consequently resources devoted to health-related activities vary widely. Partnering with schools requires soliciting buy-in from stakeholders at district and school levels and providing added value to schools. With appropriate resources and partnerships, schools could carry out vaccination-related activities from educating students, parents, and communities to developing policies supporting vaccination, providing vaccines, or serving as the site at which partners administer vaccines. Activities will vary among schools, but every school has the potential to use some strategies that promote adolescent vaccination.W ITH 3 NEW vaccines for adolescents recommended since 2005, and more on the way, effective mechanisms for delivering adolescent vaccinations are increasingly important. Because school occupies a significant part of most adolescents' lives, the potential range of roles for schools in adolescent vaccination, from education and promotion to vaccine administration, deserves special attention. Schools must devote significant energy to complying with numerous mandatory accountability measures as they fulfill their primary educational purpose, but every school has the potential to promote adolescent vaccination. Including schools as partners in promoting adolescent vaccination will complement other efforts and offer considerable access to an often hard-to-reach group.The information presented in this article rests on 3 assumptions. First, schools are not intended to replace the medical home as the primary location for vaccination of adolescents. Instead, vaccination-related activities in schools can supplement care received in the medical home. Therefore, we have focused this report on information and solutions that can be implemented in the current policy environment rather than the significant changes that would be needed to make schools the primary avenue for delivery of routine adolescent vaccinations. Second, the extent to which any strategy is implemented will vary according to vaccine and school, although every school can undertake vaccination-related activities at some level. Third, variable resources and competing priorities must be taken into account when considering options for addressing vaccination in school health programs. Issues such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol abuse, obesity, and violence will often take precedence. 1 Based on these assumptions, we explore the role of schools in strengthening the delivery of vaccinations to adolescents by reviewing the current scope of school health resources, the history of US experience with school-based vaccination, and potential barriers to vaccination activities in schools. Laws that require vaccination for school attendance, which are known to be highly effective, are covered elsewhere in this supplement. 2 We have drawn on www...

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Section: Educating Students Teachers and Staffmentioning

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The Role of Schools in Strengthening Delivery of New Adolescent Vaccinations

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“…20 In keeping with other current health education programs, the project offered teacher training and support to facilitate implementation of the curriculum and gave teachers the choice of teaching just key lessons or of integrating materials into their own lesson plans. 21 As a corollary to education efforts, the project sought to reach parents, who serve as both protectors of their children's skin and important role models. This report describes the school and child care aspects of the intervention as well as the evaluation of the impact on classroom teaching, school policy, and children's knowledge and attitudes.…”

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Promoting Sun Protection in Elementary Schools and Child Care Settings: The SunSafe Project

Grant-Petersson

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Journal of School Health

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Elementary schools and child care settings in rural New Hampshire participated in a sun protection program that reached more than 4,200 children. The program was part of a successful multifaceted community intervention targeting children ages 2-9. Program components included curricular materials, training and support for school/child care staff, and parent outreach. Evaluation showed good uptake of the curriculum by teachers and child care providers, improvements in sun protection policy in participating schools and child care settings, and significant knowledge and attitude improvements in fourth grade children tested, as well as actual behavior change. The study highlighted the importance of flexible, developmentally appropriate curricular materials and active engagement of principals and directors in policy review. In addition, for parent outreach programs to be successful, children needed to participate.

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“…The same program found that sending students home with printed information was sufficient for most parents to give informed consent, though incentives were influential in getting the consents returned ( Woodruff, Unti, Coyle, & Boyer‐Chuanroong, 1996). Adolescents, parents, and school personnel were more likely to seek vaccinations and participate in vaccination programs when they received information about: (a) communicable diseases, (b) the role of immunizations in preventing diseases, and (c) the importance of a communitywide response to health threats ( Glik et al, 1997).…”

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“…Three major challenges to the success of school‐based immunization programs are identified in the literature. First, Glik et al (1997) noted that trying to add more health education to an already full school curriculum is problematic. Second, Cassidy et al (1997) noted that vaccine procurement presents a challenge when restrictions tied to vaccine funding sources lead to complex screening of students at the vaccination site.…”

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Economic Evaluation of a Metropolitan‐Wide, School‐Based Hepatitis B Vaccination Program

Wilson

2000

Public Health Nursing

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The results of an evaluation of a large metropolitan-wide, school-based hepatitis B vaccination program provide further evidence that such programs are effective and cost-beneficial. The percentage of 6th grade students fully immunized against hepatitis B rose from approximately 8% to 82% in the program. Administering the vaccine at school was $1.46 per dose less than traditional methods. Over $24 million of potential health care costs have been avoided through the program.

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A Multi‐Disciplinary Curriculum for 11‐ to 13‐Year‐Olds: Immunization, Plus!

Cited by 3 publications

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The Role of Schools in Strengthening Delivery of New Adolescent Vaccinations

The Role of Schools in Strengthening Delivery of New Adolescent Vaccinations

Promoting Sun Protection in Elementary Schools and Child Care Settings: The SunSafe Project

Economic Evaluation of a Metropolitan‐Wide, School‐Based Hepatitis B Vaccination Program

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