Thread: Study Assesses Effectiveness Of School-based Influenza Vaccination
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Old 12-27-2006, 10:59 AM
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Default Study Assesses Effectiveness Of School-based Influenza Vaccination
I found this very interesting to know. Already there have been concerns here in our state.



"This school-based vaccination intervention resulted in a reduction in influenza-related outcomes in household members of children attending intervention schools," state the authors of an article published in the December 14, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Previous research has suggested that focusing influenza-vaccination efforts on healthy children may be an effective and practical method of reducing the burden of influenza in the community. The article presents findings from a study to assess the effect of a school-based vaccination program on the households of children attending the schools.

Read more here: http://www.mchlibrary.info/alert/200...t122206.html#6
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