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Barriers to Adult Immunization
The American Journal of Medicine, 2008Our aim was to provide a better understanding of why many adults fail to receive recommended immunizations. Consumers (N = 2,002) and healthcare providers (N = 200) completed structured telephone interviews concerning their attitudes and knowledge about adult vaccines and factors affecting their vaccination decisions.
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Active Immunizations for Adults
Annual Review of Medicine, 1980Lack of effective antiviral drugs has led to dependence on vaccines for control of many viral diseases. These diseases are primarily "childhood diseases," so immunization activities have largely been directed toward children. Notable exceptions to this emphasis on children are influenza immunizations.
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Immunization Programs for Adults
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977To the Editor.— The points made by Hickman and Barness in their commentary "Immunization Program for Adults" (237:129, 1977) are well taken but deserve some amplification. First, physicians considering administration of tetanus toxoid as part of wound prophylaxis would be well advised in most cases to use tetanusdiphtheria toxoids (adult). No tetanus
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Immunizations for Adults and Children
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1980Indications for active or passive immunization in adults and children and the benefits and risks of various vaccines are analyzed. A number of prophylactic vaccinations are especially recommended for travelers to endemic areas.
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2007
Older adults disproportionately sustain morbidity and mortality due to vaccine-preventable illnesses. Despite this observation, adult immunization rates continue to lag behind national goals. Reduced vaccine efficacy in older adults leading to apathy regarding the need for vaccine administration, unrealistic expectations for disease prevention rather ...
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Older adults disproportionately sustain morbidity and mortality due to vaccine-preventable illnesses. Despite this observation, adult immunization rates continue to lag behind national goals. Reduced vaccine efficacy in older adults leading to apathy regarding the need for vaccine administration, unrealistic expectations for disease prevention rather ...
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Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1990
There are good data to recommend routine use of vaccines against measles, rubella, tetanus, influenza, and pneumococcal infections in adults. An adolescent or an adult born after 1956 is considered to be susceptible to measles unless he or she has received two doses of live measles vaccine or has suffered a physician-diagnosed case of measles.
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There are good data to recommend routine use of vaccines against measles, rubella, tetanus, influenza, and pneumococcal infections in adults. An adolescent or an adult born after 1956 is considered to be susceptible to measles unless he or she has received two doses of live measles vaccine or has suffered a physician-diagnosed case of measles.
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2012
No vaccine is 100 % effective or completely safe. All vaccines are associated with risks and benefits that need to be balanced against each other. Personal benefits include protection from illness, improved quality of life, and prevention of death. Societal benefits include creation of herd immunity, prevention of disease outbreaks, and a decrease in ...
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No vaccine is 100 % effective or completely safe. All vaccines are associated with risks and benefits that need to be balanced against each other. Personal benefits include protection from illness, improved quality of life, and prevention of death. Societal benefits include creation of herd immunity, prevention of disease outbreaks, and a decrease in ...
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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018
Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Saeed +2 more
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Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine, 2004
Adults receive several vaccinations related to occupational health. Travellers or immunocompromised people who are exposed to infections need some other vaccinations, too. People older than 65 receive influenza vaccine every year. Tetanus and poliomyelitis immunity should be maintained with a decennial injection following adult immunisation schedule ...
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Adults receive several vaccinations related to occupational health. Travellers or immunocompromised people who are exposed to infections need some other vaccinations, too. People older than 65 receive influenza vaccine every year. Tetanus and poliomyelitis immunity should be maintained with a decennial injection following adult immunisation schedule ...
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