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KMID : 1143420200130181198
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 18 p.1198 ~ p.1206
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Results from the School Entry Immunization Requirement Program for elementary and middle-school student, 2019
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Kim Seon-Ju
Park Jin-Ju
Jeong Hang-Jin
Yu Jeong-Hee
Cho En-Hi
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Abstract
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Immunity to infectious diseases acquired from vaccinations received in childhood gradually decreases over time. The result is that students entering elementary and middle school are often vulnerable to infectious diseases. The most effective prevention method for infectious diseases targeted for vaccination is to maintain the vaccination rate above a certain level. The main objective of this article was to study the school entry immunization requirement program which measures whether vaccinations are complete at the time of admission to elementary and middle schools. In 2019, 92.7% of elementary school students were certified for 4 types of vaccines (DTaP, IPV, MMR, JEV). In terms of middle school students, 89.6% were certified for the Tdap (or Td) vaccination, and 81.7% of the female middle school students were confirmed for the HPV vaccination. These findings mark an improvement of approximately 23.7 - 30.8% when compared to the results of December 31, 2018 and when compared with the results taken on June 30, 2019 after the implementation of the verification project. This study concluded that the school entry immunization requirement program for elementary and middle school students was effective at maintaining a 95% vaccination rate. Furthermore, sending notices of the vaccination verification project to local government leaders and school principals, encouraging continuous inoculation, and preventing the loss of past immunization records at medical institutions contributed to increasing the immunization completion rate. In addition, even though Korea maintains a high vaccination rate of over 95%, the vaccination rate for Japanese encephalitis is lower than that of other vaccines and in 2020 Japanese encephalitis was added to vaccinations subject to confirmation when entering middle school. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) will strengthen the vaccination rate by communicating its importance to municipal and provincial governments and with education ministries. Furthermore, the KCDC will continue to ask medical institutions to cooperate in the prevention of lost computer vaccination registrations. gistrations.
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KEYWORD
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Vaccination, Immunization, Vaccination Coverage, Immunization Requirement Program, Students
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