Pediatric Healthy People 2020 Paper
Pediatric Healthy People 2020
The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness, and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles, mumps, and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this in two series between 12-15 months and 4-6 years old. Healthy People 2020 has an objective to reduce or eliminate the number of cases pertaining to mumps, measles, and rubella (healthypeople.gov). Children are more susceptible to illness due to immature …show more content…
The M.M.R, vaccine is given in two doses. There has been some talk on whether there should be a third dose given but the CDC has not clarified this to be efficient. “In 2011, more than 220 people become infected with measles” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Many parents are hesitant due to the fear of their child developing autism. Their concerns are related to the thimerosal, which is 49.6% ethyl mercury by weight, which is a preservative they believe to be a link to autism (Uno, Uchiyama, Kurosawa, Aleksic, & Ozaki, 2014, p. 2516). There have been multiple studies conducted which revealed out of 95,272 children only about one percent, which is 994 children were diagnosed on the autism spectrum (Autism Speaks, 2015). Even with evidence showing that the M.M.R is not linked to autism parents still fear the …show more content…
(2015, April 20). autismspeaks.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). www.cdc.gov
London, M. L., Wieland Ladewig, P. A., Davidson, M. R., Ball, J. W., Mcgillis Bindler, R. C., & Cowen, K. J. (2017). Maternal and Child Nursing Care (5th ed.). Hoboken NJ
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See, T. M., Jin, T. E., Peng, H. C., & Chiee, A. Y. (2016). Measles-Mumps-Rubellla vaccine for children with egg allergy: Is admission for inpatient vaccination necessary? Medical Journal of Malaysia, 71(4).
Uno, Y., Uchiyama, T., Kurosawa, M., Aleksic, B., & Ozaki, N. (2014, September 17). Early exposure to the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines and risk of autism spectrum disorder. Vaccine, 33, 2511-2516. doi:
The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness, and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles, mumps, and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this in two series between 12-15 months and 4-6 years old. Healthy People 2020 has an objective to reduce or eliminate the number of cases pertaining to mumps, measles, and rubella (healthypeople.gov). Children are more susceptible to illness due to immature …show more content…
The M.M.R, vaccine is given in two doses. There has been some talk on whether there should be a third dose given but the CDC has not clarified this to be efficient. “In 2011, more than 220 people become infected with measles” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Many parents are hesitant due to the fear of their child developing autism. Their concerns are related to the thimerosal, which is 49.6% ethyl mercury by weight, which is a preservative they believe to be a link to autism (Uno, Uchiyama, Kurosawa, Aleksic, & Ozaki, 2014, p. 2516). There have been multiple studies conducted which revealed out of 95,272 children only about one percent, which is 994 children were diagnosed on the autism spectrum (Autism Speaks, 2015). Even with evidence showing that the M.M.R is not linked to autism parents still fear the …show more content…
(2015, April 20). autismspeaks.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). www.cdc.gov
London, M. L., Wieland Ladewig, P. A., Davidson, M. R., Ball, J. W., Mcgillis Bindler, R. C., & Cowen, K. J. (2017). Maternal and Child Nursing Care (5th ed.). Hoboken NJ
Mayo Clinic. (1998-2017). Mayoclinic.org
See, T. M., Jin, T. E., Peng, H. C., & Chiee, A. Y. (2016). Measles-Mumps-Rubellla vaccine for children with egg allergy: Is admission for inpatient vaccination necessary? Medical Journal of Malaysia, 71(4).
Uno, Y., Uchiyama, T., Kurosawa, M., Aleksic, B., & Ozaki, N. (2014, September 17). Early exposure to the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines and risk of autism spectrum disorder. Vaccine, 33, 2511-2516. doi: