Primary analysis of epidemic data of immunity levels and
immunization rates of Sichuan Province
At least 750 report
immunization rates of 90 percent or lower — too low, medical experts say, to prevent the spread of disease.
Not exact matches
Despite clinical evidence showing the value
of immunization, vaccination
rates among adult Canadians are dangerously low.
Across the provinces and territories, vaccination
rates for preventable diseases like influenza, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcal (pneumonia) infections are well below national
immunization uptake targets
of around 80 percent.
Despite clinical evidence showing the value
of immunization, vaccination
rates among adult Canadians are dangerously low, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Breastfeeding
rates in the United States by the characteristics
of the child, mother or family: the 2002 National
Immunization Survey
Meanwhile, there is some evidence that high
rates of child stunting (low height for age) can co-exist with relatively high values for positive indicators
of child health, such as
immunization coverage [34].
The sharpest drop off in breastfeeding
rates is within the first couple
of weeks, with the most commonly sited reasons being insufficient milk production and problems with attachment (latch - on and milk transfer)(Taveras, 2003; National
Immunization Survey, 2003).
322 Additional subsequent large population case - control trials consistently have found vaccines to be protective against SIDS323, — , 325; however, confounding factors (social, maternal, birth, and infant medical history) might account for this protective effect.326 It also has been theorized that the decreased SIDS
rate immediately after vaccination was attributable to infants being healthier at time
of immunization, or «the healthy vaccinee effect.»
The analysis
of the CDC's National
Immunization Survey (NIS) data found that in 2014, children who were being exclusively breastfed for three months now stands at 46.6 % — a big increase from the 36 %
rate in 2009 — but still almost half the number that start out breastfeeding.
The success
of any given vaccine depends on so - called herd immunity, in which a high
rate of immunization in a population helps to protect those individuals who are not immune.
When
immunization rates drop below the critical level, disease can strike not only unvaccinated individuals but also vaccinated ones, because all vaccines fail to confer immunity in a certain percentage
of people.
«I hope the legislation will help address the increased risk for pertussis and raise
immunization rates in those areas,» says Richard Pan, a pediatrician and member
of the California State Assembly who sponsored the bill.
More than ten years after a study in The Lancet falsely linked autism to the measles, mumps and rubella triple vaccine, evidence
of reduced
immunization rates and rising incidence
of disease are spurring politicians to try to make up lost ground.
The authors think that these benefits could facilitate the implementation
of HPV
immunization programs in low - income countries, as well as improve the relatively low vaccine coverage and series completion
rates observed in some developed countries.
Delivering the vaccine in clinics instead
of door to door will pose a challenge for Nigeria, which has one
of the lowest
rates of routine
immunization in the world.
In the follow - up experiments, our aim is the further improvement
of the booster
immunization in order to achieve an even higher efficiency and protection
rate.»
Adding a simple bag
of lentils to a convenient monthly
immunization camp for families in India roughly sextuples
rates of full
immunization for kids (while making the entire process cheaper because more families show up).
Immunization rates in Mississippi and West Virginia show the benefits
of strict exemption policies.
States that have personal belief exemptions for school
immunization requirements, and exemptions that are easily obtained, have higher
rates of new cases
of pertussis (whooping cough) than states in which obtaining
immunization exemptions is more difficult, according to a study in the October 11 issue
of JAMA.
Recent federal recommendations against offering the inhaled nasal influenza vaccine due to lack
of effectiveness could lead to more flu illness in the U.S. if the inhaled vaccine becomes effective again or if not having the choice
of the needle-less vaccine substantially reduces
immunization rates, according to a new analysis led by University
of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine scientists.
It documents, for instance, declining
rates of immunizations among pre-schoolers and the increasing incidence
of mumps, measles, pertussis, and other diseases that can be prevented by vaccines.
Additionally, they have better nutrition, improved access to health care services, higher
rates of immunization and better health.
Japanese children have increased cortisol secretion following
immunization compared to White children and this explains why Japanese have a relative high
rate of type 2 diabetes but low
rate of insulin dependent diabetes compared to Whites.
«It appears clear the hospital was using the threat
of the policy as a coercive attempt to increase the
rate of immunizations amongst hospital workers — which was not well received by the arbitrator,» he says.
Home visitors working in close collaboration with PCPs providing 2 to 4 home visits per month for the first year
of life resulted in higher numbers
of well - child visits at 12 months and lower likelihood
of being seen for injuries and ingestions.40 The REACH - Futures program in Chicago, which uses registered nurses from a community clinic who are teamed with public health trained community health workers for an infant HV program, resulted in improved
immunization rates and retention in the primary care clinic.41
For the most part, home visiting programs have largely been shown to be ineffective at increasing
rates of well - child visits and
immunizations (Table 2).
Compared to control groups, babies
of parents enrolled prenatally in home visiting programs had better birth outcomes, and the programs were found to have a positive impact on breastfeeding and
immunization rates., In other randomized trials, participating children were found to have a reduction in language delays at 21 months, reductions in mental health problems, fewer behavior problems, and increased mental development.
The Maine Healthy Families report found that children in PAT had higher than average
rates of up to date
immunizations, identified primary care providers, and children with health insurance.
In the second report, a comparison
of outcomes for first - time mothers and mothers with two or more children participating in Healthy Families Virginia, William and Mary's Joseph Galano and Lee Huntington
of Huntington Associates found that both types
of families benefited equally in terms
of higher childhood
immunization rates, better home environments, and greater spacing between pregnancies.
As a result
of their high
rates of mobility, many families who experience homelessness do not have documentation
of immunizations, which creates a barrier to accessing child care programs.
Model care resulted in significantly lower
rates of child maltreatment in all the outcome measures: fewer child protective services reports, fewer instances
of possible medical neglect documented as treatment nonadherence, fewer children with delayed
immunizations, and less harsh punishment reported by parents.
Factors considered in the health survey include infant mortality
rates, teen birth
rates, the percentage
of population not covered by health insurance, per - capita expenditures for health care, percent
of population lacking access to primary medical care, childhood
immunization rates, and percentage
of adults who smoke.