Lack of insurance blamed for low immunization rate in St. Joseph County

Tools

By WSBT News1

Story Created: Apr 16, 2008 at 2:40 PM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 16, 2008 at 3:22 PM EDT

SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Health Department says 30 percent of local children under the age of 3 are not immunized.

Health care professionals, parents, and community leaders
attended a summit Wednesday on ways to improve those rates.

The Health Department says the biggest problem for some parents is a lack of insurance coverage.

The summit hopes to spread the word that vaccinations are important.

"Our focus right now is going to be those children that are the underserved population and are under the age of 3," said Barbara Baker of the St. Joseph County Health Department.

Baker says changing attitudes will take time.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 500 Characters Left

Comments are moderated and will not appear on this story until after they have been reviewed and deemed appropriate for posting.

WSBT and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

WSBT Weather

icon
65
°
More Weather

On Demand

More On Demand

Stock Quotes
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

Tonight On WSBTFull Schedule

7.00
Wheel of Fortune
7.30
Bears Preseason: Cleveland @ Chicago
10.00
Democratic National Convention
11.00
WSBT News
11.35
Late Show with David Letterman
12.35
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1.35
Big Brother 10

Question of The Day

Do you think tropical storm Gustav will cause gas prices to rise?

E-mail your comments. We'll pick some to read during WSBT News at 5:30.

  • Yes
  • No