Strength of Evidence:
4 out of 4
Year Published:
2016
Vaccination Programs: Requirements for Child Care, School, and College Attendance
Description of Resource:
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends vaccination requirements for child care, school, and college attendance to increase vaccination rates and decrease rates of vaccine-preventable disease and associated morbidity and mortality. Vaccination requirements are laws or policies requiring vaccinations or other documentation of immunity as a condition of child care, school, and college attendance. Their purpose is to reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease and associated morbidity and mortality by increasing vaccination rates.
Developed By:
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Developer Type:
Non-Federal Government
Healthy People 2020 Topic Area(s):
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Healthy People 2020 Objectives:
Resource Type:
Systematic Review
Citation:
The Community Guide [Internet]. Vaccination Programs: Requirements for Child Care, School, and College Attendance. c2016– [cited 2017 Feb 17]. Available from: https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/vaccination-programs-requirements-child-care-school-and-college-attendance
