Vaccination Intervention
Introduction
This essay will perform an examination of interventions for vaccination noncompliance in the United States. As defined by Public Health 101: Health People-Healthy Populations, an intervention is defined as “the full range of strategies designed to protect health and prevent disease, disability and death.” Interventions include education on vaccination, laws and regulations and increasing access and financial assistance. In the 1850’s England streets were filled with violent protesters. This was because Edward Jenner had invented the smallpox vaccine. The “father of immunology”, is credited with saving around half a billion lives. He also paved the road for global eradication of smallpox. Although Jenner’s creation received tons …show more content…
Many parents go through hard times at some point in their life, whether it be the loss of a job, home foreclosure or even divorce, these can cause a financial burden. When a parent loses their job they inevitably lose their health insurance coverage and most don’t know if they qualify for Medicaid. Families may also have inadequate access to health care because of lack of transportation or inconvenient clinic hours. Studies show that most children who are not up to date on their vaccinations where ones living in poverty.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “In 1989 - 1991, a measles epidemic in the United States resulted in tens of thousands of cases of measles and hundreds of deaths.” After further investigating they found that over half the children who came down with the measles were not up to date on their vaccinations even though they had been seen by a doctor. In August of 1993 congress passes the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) creating the Vaccines for Children Program. This program allows children who are Medicaid eligible, uninsured, American Indian and children that are underinsured to receive vaccinations at little to no cost. There are 16 different diseases that this program offers to vaccinate for though not every doctor’s office offers this program. There are only 44,000 doctors enrolled in the VFC program
This essay will perform an examination of interventions for vaccination noncompliance in the United States. As defined by Public Health 101: Health People-Healthy Populations, an intervention is defined as “the full range of strategies designed to protect health and prevent disease, disability and death.” Interventions include education on vaccination, laws and regulations and increasing access and financial assistance. In the 1850’s England streets were filled with violent protesters. This was because Edward Jenner had invented the smallpox vaccine. The “father of immunology”, is credited with saving around half a billion lives. He also paved the road for global eradication of smallpox. Although Jenner’s creation received tons …show more content…
Many parents go through hard times at some point in their life, whether it be the loss of a job, home foreclosure or even divorce, these can cause a financial burden. When a parent loses their job they inevitably lose their health insurance coverage and most don’t know if they qualify for Medicaid. Families may also have inadequate access to health care because of lack of transportation or inconvenient clinic hours. Studies show that most children who are not up to date on their vaccinations where ones living in poverty.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “In 1989 - 1991, a measles epidemic in the United States resulted in tens of thousands of cases of measles and hundreds of deaths.” After further investigating they found that over half the children who came down with the measles were not up to date on their vaccinations even though they had been seen by a doctor. In August of 1993 congress passes the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) creating the Vaccines for Children Program. This program allows children who are Medicaid eligible, uninsured, American Indian and children that are underinsured to receive vaccinations at little to no cost. There are 16 different diseases that this program offers to vaccinate for though not every doctor’s office offers this program. There are only 44,000 doctors enrolled in the VFC program