ERIC Number: EJ873753
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
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Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping
Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v31 n2 p338-344 Mar-Apr 2010
There is little information of hepatitis B vaccination coverage for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The present paper aims to examine the completed hepatitis B vaccination coverage rate and its determinants of children and adolescents with ID in Taiwan. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, with the entire response participants was composed of 495 primary caregivers of children and adolescents with ID (age 3-24 years) who studying in 3 special education schools in Taiwan. The results showed that coverage rate of completed hepatitis B vaccination was 74.34% in children and adolescents with ID. Although hepatitis B vaccination is a universal health policy in Taiwan, the uncompleted coverage rate of our study subjects was 2 times of the Taiwan general population at the same age. In the logistic regression analysis of hepatitis B vaccination coverage, we found that the factors of household income and ID individual's age were variables that can significantly predict they did not accept a completed vaccination. The present study suggests that parents and providers should routinely review immunizations of children and adolescents with ID. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Public Policy, Public Health, Family Income, Mental Retardation, Immunization Programs, Caregivers, Diseases, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Child Health, Children, Health Promotion, Special Schools, Age Differences, Predictor Variables
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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