Vaccination of immigrants
Section: LEARNING TO TEACH
Authors
1Marco Antonio Zapata Sampedro, 2Laura Castro Varela
Position
1Enfermero del Centro de salud Polígono Norte. Distrito Sanitario de Atención Primaria Sevilla, Sevilla.2Diplomada en Enfermería. Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
Contact email: in.ictv.ocvli@gmail.com
Abstract
The increased number of immigrants coming from Latin America, Maghreb, the Far East or other Eastern European countries, who come and settle in Spain and Andalusia each year, make it mandatory for nurses to know how to interpret vaccination schedules.
Bringing their immunisation schedules up to date may pose a problem specially for children who arrive in Andalusia from underdeveloped countries to be reunited with their families or following adoption. A priority is to identify which vaccinations they have already received prior to arrival in the region and, if required, to administer those that are missing to meet the vaccination calendar in force in Andalusia. This paper provides information on the current vaccination schedule in that region, including the number of doses and recommended ages, and it helps nurses to make the necessary vaccination adjustments in immigrant children and in incorrectly vaccinated patients. To this end, we have developed specific charts by age intervals to update the immunisation of each individual that has not been properly vaccinated.
Keywords:
immigrants; vaccination schedule; vaccination adjustment; nurseAndalucia
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