The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reminding parents that elementary and high school students will be coming home with vaccination consent forms in the upcoming weeks.
The routine vaccinations students receive at school have been around for decades and protect them from various diseases.
Following the pandemic, parents have been more cautious about vaccinations that they give their children, but the SHA reminds parents that they can contact them with any questions or concerns regarding immunization.
“If there are worries after what happened during COVID, which was such a scary and difficult time for many of us, particularly in the north, please feel free to reach out and connect, and please ask all the questions because we’d be very happy to do that bit of education,” said Dr. David Poon, Medical Health Officer, Northern Medical Services.
Some of the vaccinations that students will receive will help prevent them from contracting diseases such as tetanus, hepatitis, and measles.
“Here in the north, there are a number of things that people can be susceptible to, for example, hepatitis A, which can be within water. There are challenges in the north with good, clean drinking water, which is something that of course we want to deal with, but in that preparation, having a hepatitis A vaccine is very important,” explained Dr. Poon.
For more information on the vaccines given to students, visit the link below.
For other questions or concerns regarding vaccines, Dr. Poon can be reached at david.poon@saskhealthauthority.ca.