Immunization Status of Young People Attending a Youth Clinic in Geneva, Switzerland

Autor: Emilien Jeannot, Anne Meynard, Lydia Markham Genequand, Bernard Cerutti, Claire-Anne Wyler-Lazarevic, Françoise Narring
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Pediatrics
Epidemiology
Immigration
Ambulatory Care Facilities
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
media_common
Underserved youth
Academic Medical Centers
ddc:618
Tetanus
Incidence
Vaccination
Age Factors
Hepatitis B
University hospital
Adolescent preventive health care
Female
Attitude to Health
Switzerland
Human papillomavirus
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
Risk Assessment
Measles
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
ddc:610/370
Immigrants
030225 pediatrics
Humans
Tetanus antibodies
ddc:613
Retrospective Studies
Immunization Programs
business.industry
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Family medicine
Communicable Disease Control
Immunization status
business
Zdroj: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Vol. 18, No 2 (2015) pp. 353-359
ISSN: 1557-1920
1557-1912
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0185-1
Popis: Adolescent vaccination coverage is very variable in European countries and data are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess immunization status and analyze potential variations according to sociodemographic variables in a youth clinic in Geneva, Switzerland. Immunization status was assessed retrospectively: Tetanus (number of doses or in absence of data tetanus antibodies) and measles as indicators of childhood coverage as well as hepatitis B and human papillomavirus. All new patients (N = 390) of Geneva University Hospital's youth clinic were included between January 2010 and June 2011. Vaccine coverage was low for all vaccines regardless of sex or origin. 89 % of young people tested (mostly recent immigrants with no available data) had tetanus antibodies indicating adequate childhood immunization but hepatitis B and HPV coverage was low especially in recent immigrants. Systematic assessment allows better adolescent vaccine coverage and can improve safety by avoiding unnecessary dosis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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