Immunization In Child Care

While it is convenient for someone with insurance to afford for their child to receive all of their vaccinations, some caretakers must decide between paying for vaccinations or buying other items. In this scenario, it is not beneficial to follow a schedule because it is more important to purchase necessities such as food. A vaccination schedule is not beneficial to a child if an adverse reaction occurs, such as an allergic reaction. The gamble with a child receiving multiple vaccinations at once is that if there is an allergic reaction, it can be difficult to tell what the child had a reaction to. Some caregivers prefer to avoid the scenario above by not giving multiple vaccinations at once. With the compression of the vaccination schedule, a child receiving one vaccine at a time may not meet school criteria for enrollment. The caregiver’s actions are to protect the child’s health, but in turn they are in a scenario where they must compromise. The caregiver must choose what they view as more important, their child’s health or

Many infectious diseases that once quickly spread and easily killed have been controlled or eradicated due to vaccinations. The efficacy of vaccines in reducing morbidity and mortality, particularly in children, is undeniable. Per the World Health Organization, childhood vaccinations prevent approximately 2-3 million deaths per year worldwide (WHO, 2016). In the United States, the value of immunizations is clearly displayed by comparing pre-vaccine era morbidity/mortality rates to post-vaccine era in regards to vaccine-preventable diseases. For example, prior to the diphtheria vaccine in the 1920’s, 206,000 people annually contracted the disease resulting in 15,520 deaths (History of Vaccines, 2009). However, between 2004 and 2014, only

There is much debate and controversy about child vaccinations being safe or not. Parents wonder should they get

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Parents with infants and young children have been tussling with this proverbial question for several decades now. With the advent of the internet and the World Wide Web, parents have been bombarded with a plethora of information about pros and cons of vaccines from all kinds of sources, some creditable, and some are not. To the non-scientific community, these conflicting information can create problems in the decision making process; thus, forcing parents to make the wrong choices and putting their offspring and others at risk. However, this article will attempt to address the importance of vaccinations, how vaccines work, why we should vaccinate, and why parents should not be afraid to vaccinate their offspring.

Throughout history people have seen many public health innovations. Numerous advancements were made between 2001 and 2010. These advancements include “tobacco control, motor vehicle safety, public health preparedness and response, and occupational safety.” (Ten Great Public Health Achievements --- United States, 2001—2010) One of the most important innovations was vaccine preventable diseases. Many people believe that it is right for the government to necessitate children to be vaccinated. Others think it is wrong and that the parents should decide what is best for their children’s health. It is beneficial for the United States government to require young children in the United States to get vaccinations including hepatitis A and B,

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When it comes to vaccinations, people should be more educated on the positives of those vaccinations. Pregnant mothers in their second trimester of pregnancy were evaluated on their perception of vaccines. People who believed in giving their child all the vaccines, known as accepters, knew most if not all about the importance of getting the vaccine. They believed that it was effective, safe, and valuable to get the childhood vaccinations. However, some pregnant women weren’t so educated when it came to how the vaccines could protect their children. So a lot of the women didn’t know how much these vaccinations protected us. I believe when it comes to improving or preventing the transmission of disease, people should be more informed or educated

As humans we have a tendency to make decisions before completely rationalizing them thoroughly. Through science we now know that our frontal lobe, which is responsible for motor function, problem solving, memory, judgment, impulse control and much more does not fully mature until our late twenties. The average age to start having children is in our early twenties, (25 years of age or younger) not to mention the teen parents. Throughout childbirth, one question that needs proper judgment and consideration to make is, whether to have their children vaccinated. One barrier that can affect parent when making solid decisions about childhood vaccinations is the scientific terminology doctor and other people use. For example, when comparing the word vaccination to immunization sometimes people will use the terms interchangeably not realizing that they have two distant meanings. Vaccination is just that, a vaccine that that is administered to develop immunity, or immunization, to a specific disease. Childhood vaccinations are a crucial part to the development of children and their health, despite the barriers that are present. By introducing research to the community regarding possible risk factor, myths that are commonly associated with childhood vaccinations, and possible laws, the goal is to help people understand why all children should be vaccinated.

As the world continues to grow each and every day new discoveries are made. Discoveries are made regarding new illnesses and infectious diseases that can infect humans and also be life taking. Along with the discoveries of illness and infectious diseases there are new medicine discoveries. These new medicine discoveries are helping the human race stay healthier longer. The reason people are able to live healthier longer lives is because the new medicine discoveries are making people immune to illnesses and infectious diseases. The new medicine discoveries are for everyone but mainly for the newest generations brought into today. Theses new medicine discoveries are turned into immunizations or vaccines, which are given to humans who want them.

Zoe was a thirteen month old baby who became very ill from the chicken pox disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) reported on their website, one day her mom noticed blisters on her cheek and at first did not think it was anything to worry about. Throughout the next couple of days her mother noticed more blisters developing all over her body. Amy decided to get Zoe to her pediatrician who said that Zoe had chicken pox. Zoe was up to date on all her vaccines except for the chickenpox vaccine which she was scheduled to receive when she was fifteen months old. Zoe showed no signs of being sick and seemed fine. Everyone told Zoe’s mom that she was lucky that Zoe caught chickenpox and told her not to worry. Within a

Often debated, with strong convictions on each side, timely immunizations for children do more good then harm. Over the last few years, a phenomenon has come to our door steps. It used to be that all parents would immunize their children, without fail, because doctors told them to. In the past, the only non-immunized children were the children with health deficiencies. These children depended on the “herd” mentality. However, times are changing and parents are choosing to not immunize their children mainly based on these reasons: the possibility of them getting autism, parental lack of education about immunizations and lastly they believe that the illnesses that children are being immunized against are gone and immunizations are no longer needed.

Why do we have vaccinations? Is it so that vaccinations help people not get diseases and can help people get over what they have? Vaccinations are a good thing to have so that it helps to stop a virus and not get other people around you sick. Many people believe that vaccinations are good things to get.

Because these children cannot fight off diseases themselves they count on the rest of the population to receive their immunizations to lessen the risk of receiving them. Many states offer exemptions to vaccinations. Many are health related, but some states allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their children based off political beliefs. “The clustering of these exemptions raises concern among public health officials about their potential to generate disease outbreaks that can spread to children in other areas” (Largent,18). An example of this is in Washington State, which is known for its high levels of unvaccinated children. Where a large outbreak of measles took place in 2008 stemming from an unvaccinated child. These concerns about the

There no better joy to a parent then seeing and helping their loved ones grow healthy and happy. That’s why most parents choose immunization. The number one priority for children should be vaccination. Vaccination is one of the best ways parents protect their infants, children, and teens, from harmful disease. Vaccinations are effective, and by using vaccination a child life can be save.

Immunizations is essential to a young child's life between the ages of 0 to 5 years old with our programs we plan to educate the parents and Physicians on the importance of vaccination. The way we plan to educate the parents is to offer annual sessions to parents that just starting families before the child's birth and before the child start traditional schooling.