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5106.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This interesting international session will focus on the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases. Diseases to be discussed include influenza, rubella, and Hepatitis B. Presentations will include experiences in the United States (civilian and military), El Salvador, and Mongolia. In addition, presentations will discuss immunization practice barriers in rural areas as well as whether multiple near-concurrent vaccination is associated with adverse health outcomes | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Identify ethnic disparities in the prevalence of flu shot avoidance 2. Compare and contrast various approaches to the prevention of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome 3. Develop a strategy for assessing the risk of adverse health outcomes and receipt of multiple near-concurrent vaccination 4. Discuss the urban-rural differences in the effectiveness of national vaccination program against hepatitis B 5. Describe rural family medicine and pediatric child immunization practice differences | |||
| Sonja Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH | |||
Ethnic Disparities in Opinions Related to Avoidance of the Flu Shot ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Bebe J. Selwyn, ScD, Charles Amos Jr, DrPH, Karen J. Chronister, MS, Kay Bartholomew, EdD, Elizabeth Sablotne, MPH | |||
| Rubella elimination in a developing country: El Salvador's experience Ana Elena Chevez, MD MPH | |||
| Analysis of multiple, near-concurrent vaccinations and hospitalizations in the U.S. military, 1998-2003 Charles E. Rose Jr., PhD, Daniel C. Payne, PhD, Aaron Aranas, MPH, Michael M. McNeil, MD, Susan Duderstadt, MD | |||
| Winter administration of Hepatitis B vaccine as an important predictor of high prevalence of HBV infection in rural areas of Mongolia Dambadarjaa Davaalkham, Toshiyuki Ojima, Pagvajav Nymadawa, Ritei Uehara, Makoto Watanabe, Izumi Oki, Yosikazu Nakamura | |||
| Gaps and Opportunities for Improvements in Immunization Practice among Rural Family Medicine and Pediatric Practitioners, Oregon, 2005: Preventive Child Health in the Rural US West James A. Gaudino #Epi, MD, MS, MPH, Scott Shipman, MD, MPH, Lyle (LJ) Fagnan, MD, David DeBoer, MS, Heather Angier, BA, James Wallace, BA | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA