Writing a justification for making meningococcal B a required vaccination
Assignment instructions
There have been several high profile outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases among students at colleges and universities in the U.S. Currently, Oregon State University requires entering students to document meningococcal vaccination (MCV4), various doses of measles-, mumps-, and rubella-containing vaccines, varicella (chicken pox), tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap), and hepatitis B. Vaccination for meningococcal B was required until 2018 but is now only recommended. See OSU Domestic Student Immunization Requirements (Links to an external site.) and International Student Immunization Requirements (Links to an external site.) for more info.
You are tasked with writing a justification for making meningococcal B a required vaccination again. In 750 words or less, prepare a justification, which includes the following components:
- Introduction: introduce the current OSU immunization requirements and the disease/vaccine for which you are justifying (2 pts)
- Seriousness and severity of disease (3 pts)
- Disease incidence and outbreaks in appropriate locations (i.e. Oregon and U.S.) and age groups (i.e. college students or college-age students) (2 pts)
- Specific vaccine(s) advocating to require, its efficacy and schedule (2 pts)
- Limitations of the new requirement (2 pts)
- Conclusion: discuss impact of the requirement and summarize key points (2 pts)
English grammar is correct, editing, and format will also be assessed (2 pts). You should consult the rubric when writing your justification. You should also consult the CDC Pink Book (Links to an external site.) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Links to an external site.) for additional information on the vaccine you are justifying.
I do not expect you to perform an exhaustive literature search for this assignment; however, I do expect you to reference material that is not your own (e.g., data on disease incidence, economic impact of disease, etc.). References should follow AMA Manual of Style, 10th Edition (http://sites.uci.edu/medsim/files/2015/03/AMA-citation-Guide.pdf (Links to an external site.)) and be listed in a separate References section (1 pt).
Include references as superscript numbers in the main text with full corresponding citation in the references section. Please let me know if you need further clarification.
Submission instructions
Include your name and Assignment #4 in the top left corner of the Word document. Note: any references cited will not count toward the word limit. Final submission should be in Word format.
I also attached the rubric below. If you cannot access links above, please let me know.
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Word limit:742