Jessica Leung1, Mona Marin1, Victor Leino2, Susan Even2,3, Stephanie R Bialek1. 1. a National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA. 2. b American College Health Association , Hanover , Maryland , USA. 3. c University of Missouri Student Health Center, Columbia , Missouri , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To obtain information on varicella prematriculation requirements in US colleges for undergraduate students during the 2014-2015 academic year. PARTICIPANTS: Health care professionals and member schools of the American College Health Association (ACHA). METHODS: An electronic survey was sent to ACHA members regarding school characteristics and whether schools had policies in place requiring that students show proof of 2 doses of varicella vaccination for school attendance. RESULTS: Only 27% (101/370) of schools had a varicella prematriculation requirement for undergraduate students. Only 68% of schools always enforced this requirement. Private schools, 4-year schools, northeastern schools, those with <5,000 students, and schools located in a state with a 2-dose varicella vaccine mandate were significantly more likely to have a varicella prematriculation requirement. CONCLUSIONS: A small proportion of US colleges have a varicella prematriculation requirement for varicella immunity. College vaccination requirements are an important tool for controlling varicella in these settings.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain information on varicella prematriculation requirements in US colleges for undergraduate students during the 2014-2015 academic year. PARTICIPANTS: Health care professionals and member schools of the American College Health Association (ACHA). METHODS: An electronic survey was sent to ACHA members regarding school characteristics and whether schools had policies in place requiring that students show proof of 2 doses of varicella vaccination for school attendance. RESULTS: Only 27% (101/370) of schools had a varicella prematriculation requirement for undergraduate students. Only 68% of schools always enforced this requirement. Private schools, 4-year schools, northeastern schools, those with <5,000 students, and schools located in a state with a 2-dose varicella vaccine mandate were significantly more likely to have a varicella prematriculation requirement. CONCLUSIONS: A small proportion of US colleges have a varicella prematriculation requirement for varicella immunity. College vaccination requirements are an important tool for controlling varicella in these settings.
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