Biomaterial Database

Overview of policies affecting vaccine use in child day care. 1994

S L Cochi

Infant Immunization Section, National Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Vaccination policies for preschool-age children, including those in child day care, have undergone frequent changes within the past several years in response to the development of new vaccines (DTaP, Hib conjugate vaccines), the changing epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases (measles), and the establishment of new objectives for the control and elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases (Hib, hepatitis B). The acquisition and spread of vaccine-preventable diseases can be minimized in child day-care settings by vaccinating all children, establishing a continuing system by which all children remain fully vaccinated on schedule, providing educational materials to parents about the recommended schedule of routine childhood vaccines, and implementing new recommendations for vaccine use.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002656	Child Day Care Centers	Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children.	Day Care Centers for Children,Child Daycare Centers,Daycare Centers for Children,Child Daycare Center
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003140	Communicable Disease Control	Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.	Flatten the Curve of Epidemic,Flattening the Curve, Communicable Disease Control,Parasite Control,Control, Communicable Disease,Control, Parasite
D006291	Health Policy	Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.	Health Care Policies,Health Policies,Healthcare Policy,National Health Policy,Care Policies, Health,Health Care Policy,Health Policy, National,Healthcare Policies,National Health Policies,Policies, Health,Policies, Health Care,Policies, Healthcare,Policy, Health,Policy, Health Care,Policy, Healthcare
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013219	State Government	The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.	Government, State,Provincial Government,Government, Provincial,Governments, State,State Governments
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014611	Vaccination	Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.	Immunization, Active,Active Immunization,Active Immunizations,Immunizations, Active,Vaccinations