An approximate survey of the state of vaccination of the infantile population of Tenerife
Ramos Afonso, R.E.; Hernández Plasencia, C.R.; Jiménez Cruz, A.; Palomares Abarca, I.; Allo Sánchez, M.; Porta Aznares, R.; Rodríguez Luis, J.C.
Anales Espanoles de Pediatria 32(2): 105-108
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4342 PMID: 2346241 Document Number: 351174
This is a study of the level of vaccination in a group of 5,909 schoolchildren from three municipalities in Tenerife, in which various methods of collecting information were used, obtaining different results (p less than 0.02), between the schoolchildren of 6 and 7 years old in schools where informative talks on the importance of vaccinations were given for parents before collecting the information on the level of vaccination and those in schools where talks were not given. We point out that the response of parents was much better in two schools within the area covered by the health centre where letters were sent out to the parents. No important differences were found in the groups of children between 12 and 15 years old. We propose that to keep up the level of vaccination the best methods are informative talks and letters to parents and that the (FAT) should be responsible for this.