The health and well-being of a child is extremely important in order for success in school. Education is the foundation for life success and in order for children to attend school they must stay healthy. One way to make sure that children stay healthy is to make sure that their shots are up-to-date. Children get Immunizations to prevent diseases such as DTP.
The reason why the topic of Immunization is meaningful to me is because education is important and the only way children learn is by going to school. If a child misses school they miss out on important information. If children are up-to-date on their Immunizations they have a better chance of not getting sick. Nowadays, there are many Immunization shots that are available to children. According to the World Health Organization web site "new vaccines also have been introduced with significant results, including the first vaccine to help prevent liver cancer, hepatitis B vaccine, which is now routinely given to infants 77% of the WHO's Member States" (WHO web site). I think that it is great that now there are Immunization shot for liver cancer and I hope that there will be other Immunizations for other types of cancer.
The Immunization for Small Pox had begun in the 10th or 11h century in Central Asia and it then had spread into Asia and Africa and Europe. In Central Asia and Africa the Immuization is given through the nose or making a small prick on the skin to create resistence to the disease while in Europe the Immuzation is given by puncturing the skin.
The way that the information anout Immunization may impact my future work is to stress the importance of Immunization to parents in order to keep the kids healthy. It is important to make sure that children's health and well-being is our top priority when it comes to teaching. Children need to be in school in order to learn and if we can keep them healthy children will do well.
Source: (unknown author). "Immunization Against Diseases of Public Health Importance". http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs288/en/index.html
Darlene,
ReplyDeleteI also agree that immunizations are very important and I feel that immunizations should be mandatory. I know of a student who's parents refused to have immunized and signed the waivers stating that they did not want their child immunized, however the child got really sick with high fever and the doctors told the parents that the child had measles and some type of fever and that it all could have been prevented,if the child had been immunized. Once the child was well, they had the child immunized.
I agree with you Darlene, immunization shots are very important and mandatory. When children are out of school due to an illness, it becomes hard for them to get back on track and focus. Every state needs to waive immunization shots and make it mandatory.
ReplyDeleteI cannot understand why a parent would not want their kid to have the immunization shots. If I was a parent I would want to know that my kids were healthy and would want to prevent them from getting sick. I also agree that if a child does miss school it is hard for them to catch up. I have a friend who teaches elementary school (third graders) and she has set up a facebook page where she posts all the assignments that are due and what the class is learning in each subject. She also has a link that the parents can click on to see what books are age appropriate. She has one student who is reading beyond their grade level and she as gone out of her way to find books for that one student and has posted that as well.
ReplyDeleteI also feel that every state needs to make these shots mandatory in spite of costs. The states need to set up clinics or maybe the school can hire a part -time nurse and have the nurse give the shots with parental consent.
I agree that keeping everyone current on their immunizations is extremely important. As a parent I have always made sure that my children were current and up to date. Even though as they get older the visit becomes harder and harder because they are aware of what is going on. I try and explain to them so that they can understand that yes it is going to hurt for a second or two but that it would be far less than if they were to get sick with the germ that we were protecting them from.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that there is a vaccine to help prevent liver cancer. Thanks for the additional resource.
I am torn on the topic of immunization. I am not a parent, so I feel that I cannot comment on whether or not a parent chooses to have their child immunized. I also feel that it is a family decision and that immunizations should not be mandatory. It should be a parent's choice whether or not they want their children exposed to immunizations.
ReplyDeleteI feel that there are many ways to keep children healthy aside from immunizations. If a family chooses not to have their child immunized, they have the ability to still keep their child healthy through good habits such as; healthy diet, washing hands, excercise, etc.
In either case, I place no judgement. I just don't feel that it can be the state or federal government's choice as to what parents put in their children's bodies.
Great discussion to all. Great post, Darlene. I really enjoy reading your opinions.
I agree that immunizations are very important for our childrens health. I have some friends that chose not to have their children immunizied. I understand that they may be complications for some. However everything we come into contact may have a complication fro us in one way or the other.
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