{"49966":{"#nid":"49966","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Keeping Vaccinations On Track","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKeeping Vaccinations On Track\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/release.php?id=1963\u0022 target=\u0022new\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClick for video\n\u003Cp\u003EReported June 2008\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate more than a quarter of all toddlers in the United States may be under-vaccinated, which can leave them unprotected against diseases like measles, mumps and even polio. Now, researchers have teamed up with the CDC to help keep kids\u0027 vaccinations on track.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENine-week-old Grace Marsaa is getting her very first vaccinations. For her parents, it\u0027s the beginning of a long and sometimes confusing process. \u0022You know you have all these years that you have to keep track of it -- which ones come when and everything,\u0022 Louise Marsaa, Grace\u0027s mother, told Ivanhoe. \u0022It\u0027s hard!\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA recent survey found that only nine percent of children get all their vaccinations at the recommended times. Only half receive all recommended doses by their second birthday. \u0022If the child doesn\u0027t receive the doses on time or if some of them are given at the wrong time the vaccination doesn\u0027t have the coverage that it\u0027s supposed to,\u0022 Pinar Keskinocak, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, told Ivanhoe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing computer science and mathematical models, Dr. Keskinocak, her colleagues and the CDC have created a new, interactive childhood immunization schedule. \u0022What we offer is a computer program that in some sense gives the best possible scenario given that a child is falling behind the recommended schedule,\u0022 Faram Engineer, a Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, told Ivanhoe. Parents or physicians can put in a child\u0027s birthday and what vaccinations they\u0027ve already received. The web-based tool creates a safe and effective catch-up schedule for any vaccinations they\u0027ve missed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThanks to operations researchers who use math to find the best solution, Robert Harrison, M.D., a pediatrician specializing in infectious disease at Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, says the vaccination schedule is likely to be a big help to doctors and parents. \u0022I think it\u0027s absolutely wonderful. It\u0027s helpful to the parents in case they have any questions about what they\u0027ve had and what the limits are,\u0022 Dr. Harrison told Ivanhoe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers say the computerized tool will help doctors and parents keep up with changing rules and requirements for childhood vaccinations. The interactive schedule can be downloaded for free at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\u0022 title=\u0022www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\u0022\u003Ewww.cdc.gov\/vaccines\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences contributed to the information contained in the TV portion of this report.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing computer science and mathematical models, Dr. Pinar Keskinocak and her colleagues working with the CDC, have created a new, interactive childhood immunization schedule.  To ensure children receive their vaccinations at the correct times.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New computer system tracks childhood vaccinations"}],"uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2008-07-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49967":{"id":"49967","type":"image","title":"Dr. Pinar Keskinocak","body":null,"created":"1449175360","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:40","changed":"1475894449","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:49","alt":"Dr. Pinar Keskinocak","file":{"fid":"126939","name":"tdy39323.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdy39323_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdy39323_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5221,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tdy39323_0.jpg?itok=fzi3g_A3"}}},"media_ids":["49967"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7959","name":"isye computer childhood vaccinations"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMike Alberghini - H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mike@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}