School-entry vaccination requirements: a position statement of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.

Parents' Support for School-Entry Requirements for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A National Study.

BACKGROUND The number of states proposing school-entry requirements for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has increased over the last decade. However, data are currently limited regarding parents' support of such laws. We sought to obtain the first national estimates of parents' support of HPV vaccination school-entry requirements. METHODS A national sample of 1,501 parents of 11- to 17-...

Influenza vaccine: an updated position statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Globally each year, 5%e10% of adults and 20%e30% of children experience influenza infections [1]. During the 2009e2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic, these rates were higher and children and adolescents were disproportionately affected [2]. Specifically, in the United States this pandemic was estimated to have caused 86,000 hospitalizations and 1,280 deaths among children 0e17 years of age [2]. World...

Middle school vaccination requirements and adolescent vaccination coverage.

OBJECTIVE To determine if middle school vaccination requirements are associated with higher coverage for adolescent vaccines. METHODS School entry requirements for receipt of vaccination for school entry or education of parents for 3 vaccines recommended for adolescents: tetanus/diphtheria-containing (Td) or tetanus/diphtheria/acellular pertussis (TdaP), meningococcal conjugate (MenACWY), and...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: a position statement of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.

Early policy responses to the human papillomavirus vaccine in the United States, 2006-2010.

PURPOSE To examine the policies state governments pursued and enacted across the United States in the 5-year period after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 2006, including the timing and number of bills introduced, the policies proposed, and the legislative success of HPV vaccine policy proposals. METHODS Content abstraction and analysis ...