The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC

Director's Row E (Plaza Building) (Adam's Mark Hotel)
Tuesday, April 30, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

A13: School-based Vaccination Assessment Surveys: Methodologies -- Part 1

This workshop focuses on methodologies used to assess vaccination status among children entering kindergarten and first grade. Procedures for improving these methodologies will be presented.
Learning Objectives: After attending this session the participants should be able to list and discuss current limitations and proposed methods for improving school-base immunization assessment surveys.

Moderator:Ruth Jiles
10:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
10:40 AMUsing an electronic reporting system as a method to collect immunization data from schools and childcare facilities
Caroline E. Green
11:00 AMVaccine Coverage Surveillance Using School-based Vaccination Assessment Surveys
Temeika L. Fairley, Ruth B. Jiles, Ali H. Mokdad
11:20 AMImmunization Coverage Assessment among a Sample of School-Enterers (ICASSE) Pilot Study: Site Selection & Sampling Frame Generation
Bridget M. McGovern, Ruth B. Jiles, David Sanders
11:40 AMDiscussion

The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC