Vaccination coverage among young homeless children compared to US national immunization survey data
| Autor: | Erica Gennaro, Jichuan Wang, Ronika Alexander-Parrish, Rachel Torres, Susan Caleb, Linda Y. Fu, John M McLaughlin, Yao I. Cheng, Elizabeth A. Thoburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Vaccination Coverage
Referral Population Ethnic group Homeless Youth Medicine Humans education Child health care economics and organizations education.field_of_study General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology Poverty business.industry Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant United States Dispensary Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Immunization Molecular Medicine Survey data collection business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine. 39(45) |
| ISSN: | 1873-2518 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Comprehensive vaccination coverage among homeless children in the United States (US) is largely unknown although a few studies suggest low coverage with single vaccinations. This study compared vaccination coverage with a combined 7-vaccines series among homeless children in the District of Columbia (DC) to coverage among other US children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey of homeless children in DC was conducted from 2018 to 2019. Recruitment occurred at housing shelters, social services centers, and a diaper dispensary, and through limited chain referral. English-speaking parents of a child aged 19 to 35 months who spent the majority of the last 30 nights homeless were recruited. Participants consented for their child's healthcare providers to submit vaccination records. The vaccination coverage estimate of this sample was compared with estimates of three populations in the 2018 National Immunization Survey (NIS): children in DC (NIS DC), children in the US (NIS US), and children in the US below the federal poverty level (NIS poor). RESULTS Most of the 135 children had experienced at least two lifetime episodes (63.7%) and 12 months (57%) of homelessness. The estimated percent up to date was 52.6% (95% CI: 43.8%, 61.3%). This estimate was 20.4 (95% CI: 11.9, 28.8, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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