Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping
Titel	Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31 (2010) 2, S.338-344 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2009.09.005
Schlagwörter	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; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Öffentliche Ordnung; Gesundheitswesen; Familieneinkommen; Geistige Behinderung; Immunisierung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Disease; Krankheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Special school; Sonderschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10