[Awareness and application of vaccine recommendations for chickenpox in French Nurse Schools].
Since 2004, the French High Committee on Public Hygiene has recommended chickenpox vaccination for first-year medical or paramedical students with no history of chickenpox and with negative serology. A survey was carried out among directors of nurse schools to evaluate both their awareness of these new recommendations and the way in which they had been applied. A questionnaire was sent by mail to each of the directors of the 332 nurse schools identified throughout France. Less than half (41%) of the 147 directors who responded said they were aware of recommendations, and 31% stated they had real knowledge of the recommendations. Only 21% enquire about chickenpox history of students enrolling in their school, and 9% undertake serological assessment of students with no known history of varicella or zoster. More needs to be done both to inform nurse school directors of the vaccine recommendations and to ensure their application.
Dufour
V
V
Direction des familles et de la petite enfance, PMI, ville de Paris, 75570 Paris cedex 12, France.
Derrough
T
T
Gajdos
V
V
Gillet
Y
Y
Perreaux
F
F
Caulin
E
E
Dodet
B
B
Floret
D
D
D002644:Chickenpox / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine