BIOS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pertussis, Chiropractic
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Chapter 34: investigation of attitudes toward immunization in an old-order amish community (marcy) Investigator was already told there was a pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in the amish community. Local medical providers had diagnosed several cases among children and alerted the idph. Most likely used the clinical definition of pertussis but this wasn"t mentioned in the book. 41 cases identified using state and local health department data. However, the size and extent of the outbreak was unknown because community cooperation ended after several weeks. The vaccine status for family members was ascertained by family report and by checking health department vaccination records. Conducted a public health survey that was disseminated by the amish medical. Avoided piloting the survey so to not jeopardize any relationships with the community and potentially overburden them when the relationship was already rocky to begin with. Results indicated that vaccines were well accepted in the community. the majority of children"s vaccines were administered in the doctor"s office.
