title: School-based adolescent hepatitis B vaccination.
abstract: Adolescents and young adults are at particular risk for hepatitis B infection. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends vaccinating all children and adolescents. There are obstacles to vaccinating adolescents in clinical practice. School-based vaccination programs, either through school-based clinics or temporary vaccine clinics, can overcome these obstacles. To facilitate these programs, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices allows a 0, 2, 4 month vaccination schedule which has been shown to be similarly seroprotective as the standard 0, 1, 6 month schedule.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Baton Rouge, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Cassidy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012572:School Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines