title: Varicella immunization requirements for US colleges: 2014-2015 academic year.
abstract: To obtain information on varicella prematriculation requirements in US colleges for undergraduate students during the 2014-2015 academic year.
  
  
  
  Health care professionals and member schools of the American College Health Association (ACHA).
  
  
  
  An electronic survey was sent to ACHA members regarding school characteristics and whether schools had policies in place requiring that students show proof of 2 doses of varicella vaccination for school attendance.
  
  
  
  Only 27% (101/370) of schools had a varicella prematriculation requirement for undergraduate students. Only 68% of schools always enforced this requirement. Private schools, 4-year schools, northeastern schools, those with <5,000 students, and schools located in a state with a 2-dose varicella vaccine mandate were significantly more likely to have a varicella prematriculation requirement.
  
  
  
  A small proportion of US colleges have a varicella prematriculation requirement for varicella immunity. College vaccination requirements are an important tool for controlling varicella in these settings.
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.affiliation: b American College Health Association , Hanover , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leino
authors.affiliation: b American College Health Association , Hanover , Maryland , USA.|c University of Missouri Student Health Center, Columbia , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Even
authors.affiliation: a National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bialek
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D013334:Students; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine
keywords: Chickenpox; college; immunization; vaccination; varicella
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