Health Care

Immunization Programs

Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international.

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Abstract

Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Immunization Program
  • Program, Immunization
  • Programs, Immunization
  • Vaccination Awareness
  • Vaccination Campaign
  • Vaccination Promotion
  • Awareness, Vaccination
  • Awarenesses, Vaccination
  • Campaign, Vaccination
  • Campaigns, Vaccination
  • Promotion, Vaccination
  • Promotions, Vaccination
  • Vaccination Awarenesses
  • Vaccination Campaigns
  • Vaccination Promotions

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; coord with specific dis /prev (IM) or specific vaccine or other type of immunization (IM); specify geog if pertinent

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Immunization (1966-1993)
  • Immunization Schedule (1967-1993)
  • Vaccination (1966-1993)

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Tree Number

  1. N02.421.726.608

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Immunization Programs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017589. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017589
  2. Immunization Programs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70350576