Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ventura, Gianmarco
• Restivo, Vincenzo
• Costantino, Claudio
• Casuccio, Nicolò
• D'Angelo, Claudio
• Stefanelli, Paola
• Casuccio, Alessandra
• Vitale, Francesco

Titel

Alert for meningitis in Palermo? Successful strategies to counteract the impact of mass media

Ist Teil von

• Igiene e sanita pubblica, 2017-09, Vol.73 (5), p.533-543

Ort / Verlag

Italy

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.