 |
The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC |
|
The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC |
Governor's Square 15 (Plaza Building) (Adam's Mark Hotel)
| |||
D3: Immunization Exemptions for School Entry: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consequences | |||
| This workshop will explore current issues pertaining to immunization exemptions for school entry. We will discuss the legal foundations for immunization exemption policies, the role schools play in implementing immunization requirements, and the relationship between exemption frequency and disease burden. | |||
| Learning Objectives: The learning objectives for this workshop are: 1) understand the legal, political, and ethical justifications for childhood vaccination exemptions; 2) understand how the school and/or nurse effect the rate of exemptions; and 3) evaluate the relationship between exemption rates and disease incidence.
| |||
| Moderator: | Shannon Stokley | ||
| 4:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 4:40 PM | 259 | Morality-based exemption from childhood vaccination: balancing law, politics, parents' rights and public health Ross D. Silverman | |
| 5:00 PM | 669 | The Role of School Nurses in Implementing School Immunization Requirements Daniel A Salmon, Neal A. Halsey, Lawrence H. Moulton, Ann C Klassen, Stephen Teret, Susan Lett, Pejman Talebian, Lesley Chace, Bryan M. Norman, M. Patricia DeHart | |
| 5:20 PM | 661 | School exemption data and geocoding as tools for assessing the relationship of pertussis clusters to high exemption rates for pertussis-containing vaccines in school districts Charla A. DeBolt, Krista Rietberg, Nita Heimann, David Bibus, Jeffrey S. Duchin | |
| 5:40 PM | Discussion | ||