TY - JOUR
T1 - [Alert for meningitis in Palermo? Successful strategies to counteract the impact of mass media]
AU - Casuccio, Alessandra
AU - Costantino, Claudio
AU - Restivo, Vincenzo
AU - Vitale, Francesco
AU - Ventura, Gianmarco
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Following two invasive meningococcal disease cases among twenties, general population overloaded vaccination Units of the Palermo's District during summer 2016. Sicilian Health Authorities adopted several public health strategies including: a) active meningococcal vaccination free of charge for people from 18 up to 30 years of age, b) information in crowded places and rapid communication by media. An increase in anti-meningococcal vaccination doses administered (+868%) as well as in anti-dTp and HPV vaccination (+41% and +8%, respectively) due to a further catch-up was observed.
AB - Following two invasive meningococcal disease cases among twenties, general population overloaded vaccination Units of the Palermo's District during summer 2016. Sicilian Health Authorities adopted several public health strategies including: a) active meningococcal vaccination free of charge for people from 18 up to 30 years of age, b) information in crowded places and rapid communication by media. An increase in anti-meningococcal vaccination doses administered (+868%) as well as in anti-dTp and HPV vaccination (+41% and +8%, respectively) due to a further catch-up was observed.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/271889
M3 - Article
SN - 0019-1639
VL - 73
SP - 533
EP - 543
JO - Igiene e Sanita Pubblica
JF - Igiene e Sanita Pubblica
ER -