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International Ballroom F
Wednesday, March 8, 2006: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

J4: Identification and Impact of Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements

Presenters in this workshop will describe 1) a method for characterizing communities likely to have high rates of exemptions from school immunization requirements, and 2) associations between state policies on compliance with school requirements and incidence of pertussis.
Moderator:Megan Lindley
4:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
4:05 PMIdentifying Communities in Patterns of Exemptions to School Immunizations
Steve Robison, James A. Gaudino, Martha Priedeman Skiles, Amanda J. Timmons
4:25 PMState Policies for Ensuring Compliance with School Immunization Requirements: Associations with Incidence of Pertussis
Saad B. Omer, Neal Halsey, Larry Moulton, Shannon Stokley, Mathew Pierce, William K. Y. Pan, Daniel A. Salmon
4:45 PMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC