Evaluation of a School-based Influenza Vaccination Program

Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Influenza Vaccines

Influenza

Treatments

Biological: Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00961337

DOH97-DC-2003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether inactivated influenza vaccines are effective to protect school children and their households from getting influenza infection and further prevent student's absenteeism.

Full description

School children were found to be the possible spreaders of the influenza. The successful prevention measure on school children was crucial for controlling the epidemic. In Taiwan, the national influenza immunization program on the grade 1-2 students started in winter, 2007. In this intervention study, the two study townships with 27 schools were included as our study population. The three time questionnaires were issued for collecting the health status of the children during the influenza season. The information on the vaccines' safety was also collected after the vaccination. The community collaborative clinics were responsible for taking the specimens.

Enrollment

7,854 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 16 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All elementary and junior high school students living in Shinwu and Guanyin townships were eligible to be enrolled into this study
Agreed inform consent to participate in this study
Complete three times questionaire follow-up

Exclusion criteria