[Evaluation of program coverage of the hepatitis B vaccination in a school population. Navarra 1992-1993].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the coverage of the programme of control and coverage of Hepatitis B among children doing their 7th year of EGB (basic) in Navarra.


METHODS
Descriptive study.


METHODS
School centres in Navarra.


METHODS
7th-year EGB students in the 1992-3 school year.


METHODS
Vaccination of the susceptible population with three doses of anti-HB vaccine on the 0-1-6 months pattern.


RESULTS
Nominal data of children vaccinated were obtained from 171 schools out of a total of 185 (92.43%). For the rest of the centres, it is known only that vaccinations took place within the School Health Programme. The susceptible population was 6,955 children, of whom 97.8% received the first dose, 97% the second and 95.6% the third. The most common cause of non-vaccination in these children was lack of parental authorization, which reached 1.8%.


CONCLUSIONS
A School Health programme, which is well-established and closely linked to the Primary Care network, together with a broad diffusion of information about the adolescent Vaccination Programme were key to its widespread introduction and the excellent coverage attained.
Carrillo Llorente
S
S
Instituto de Salud Pública, Pamplona.
Moreno Iribas
C
C
Ardanaz Aicua
E
E
Elizalde Soto
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013030:Spain; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines
Evaluación de la cobertura del programa de vacunación contra la hepatitis B en población escolar. Navarra 1992-1993.