Prakt. Lékáren. 2016; 12(6e) [Pediatr. praxi. 2016;17(2):80-82]

Recommended vaccination in adolescent age

Rastislav Maďar

Centrum očkování a cestovní medicíny Avenier, Ostrava-Hrabůvka

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Adolescent age is a period when it is possible to continue mandatory, voluntary regular as well as recommended vaccination started in earlierchildhood. In case recommended childhood vaccination has not yet been administered, it can be initiated in a form of a primary vaccinationagainst several diseases. The cathegory stated by legislation as the „vaccination on request“ demands parental agreement with direct payment,with possible partial reimbursement from a health insurance company. Adolescent age should not be overlooked nor underestimated with respectto primary prevention of diseases by means of vaccination. Pediatric primary care physicians should not focus only on those vaccines that are provided free of charge. Other vaccines may also play an important part in the reduction of morbidity and mortality of child population andmany parents are interested in this form of protection for their children. It requires understandable information provided by pediatric GP and his/her personal unequivocal recommendation.

Keywords: vaccination, adolescents, re-vaccination, primary vaccination, risk groups

Published: December 1, 2016  Show citation