PMID- 20448527
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100510
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1545-861X (Electronic)
IS  - 0149-2195 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 17
DP  - 2010 May 7
TI  - The Adult Hepatitis Vaccine Project - California, 2007-2008.
PG  - 514-6
AB  - Since hepatitis B vaccine was first released in 1981, a public health goal has 
      been to vaccinate adults at risk for infection because of risky sexual behaviors 
      and needle-sharing practices. However, vaccination coverage for this group has 
      remained low. During 2007, in the United States, among the estimated 43,000 
      persons newly infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), the highest rate was 
      reported among persons aged 25-44 years, and the majority of these infections 
      were among at-risk adults. Surveillance data were similar in California. In 2006, 
      when the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that 
      hepatitis B vaccination be offered to all adults as part of routine prevention 
      services in settings where a high proportion of those served are at increased 
      risk, CDC launched a national initiative encouraging states to use existing 
      federal funds to purchase adult hepatitis B--containing (HepB) vaccine. In 
      response, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) established the Adult 
      Hepatitis Vaccine Project (AHVP) to expand hepatitis B vaccination in sites 
      serving at-risk adults. This report summarizes results for 2007-2008, which 
      indicated that 28,824 doses of HepB vaccine were administered at 29 participating 
      sites in the first 19 months of AHVP; 13 sites administered HepB vaccine for the 
      first time. Federal provision of vaccine resulted in vaccination of many adults 
      who otherwise might not have been vaccinated against HBV. Increased capacity to 
      vaccinate all adults at risk is needed for the elimination of HBV transmission in 
      the United States.
CN  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
JT  - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
JID - 7802429
RN  - 0 (Hepatitis B Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - California/epidemiology
MH  - Capacity Building
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
MH  - Community Health Services
MH  - Female
MH  - Hepatitis B/*epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Hepatitis B Vaccines/*administration & dosage/economics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Risk
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/05/08 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/11 06:00
CRDT- 2010/05/08 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/05/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - mm5917a2 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 May 7;59(17):514-6.