Vaccination behaviour

Question 1

Vaccinations provide…

Answer 1

protection against infectious diseases

Question 2

What happens if you’re not vaccinated

Answer 2

increase in contracting vaccination preventable diseases, which can lead to disability and death

Question 3

examples of vaccine preventable diseases?

Answer 3

include measles, mumps, influenza, tetanus, rubella, hepatitis B.

Question 4

Do childhood vaccinations proivide lifelong protection?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

What do government fund?

Answer 5

o Childhood vaccinations
o HPV vaccine for 12-26 year old girls.
o Influenza and pneumococcal infection (leads to pneumonia ) in:
 Indigenous Australians aged 15-49 in high risk groups
 All 50 and over Indigenous Australians
 All 65 and over Australians

Question 6

Describe HPV vaccination

Answer 6

Protects against strains of HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers, and 90% of genital warts which can lead to cervical cancer.

Question 7

are booster injections as an adult funded by government?

Answer 7

no