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Vaccination against pertussi - changing reasons of public notice about vaccination against infectious disease
KOUBOVÁ, Jana
The thesis is focused on monitoring the incidence of pertussis (or whooping cough) in the South Bohemian Region (SBR) in the years from 2000 to 2009. The main target group was population of children. The thesis has two basic parts, theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part describes not only history of the disease and its incidence but it is also focused on the basic epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentation, treatment, vaccinations and the health and social impact on society as a whole. In the theoretical part, information was drawn from available literature and valid legal regulations. The main objective of the thesis was to survey and analyze the incidence of pertussis in the SBR in individual age groups in the years 2000 ? 2009. To compare the incidence of pertussis in the SBR to the situation in the Czech Republic, i.e. morbidity per 100 000 people in the SBR with morbidity per 100 000 people in the Czech Republic, to assess the impact of the Decree No. 65/2009 Coll. amending the Decree of the Ministry of Health No. 537 / 2006 Coll., on vaccination against infectious diseases. In order to meet the objectives, three hypotheses were stated for the confirmation of which qualitative research was selected ? the technique of secondary analysis of data from the Epidat system included in the report of the Regional Hygiene Station of the SBR in České Budějovice. The first hypothesis assumed that in vaccinated children pretussis most often occurs in age group 10 ? 14 years of age. This hypothesis was confirmed. Likewise, the second hypothesis, assuming that the newly introduced flat vaccination of children aged 10 ? 11 years reduces the incidence of the disease, was verified. The third hypothesis, assuming that the infection causative agent will still circulate in the population and the most affected group is a cohort of young adults, was also verified.
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