Vaccine Coverage among Children with and without Intellectual Disabilities in the UK: Cross Sectional Study

Autor: Eric Emerson, Janet Robertson, Susannah Baines, Chris Hatton
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7106-5
Popis: Abstract Background Universal childhood vaccination programmes form a core component of child health policies in most countries, including the UK. Achieving high coverage rates of vaccines is critical for establishing ‘herd immunity’ and preventing disease outbreaks. Evidence from the UK has identified several groups of children who are at risk of not being fully immunised. Our aim was to determine whether children with intellectual disabilities constitute one such group. Methods Secondary analysis of parental report data on child vaccination collected in the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study when the children were 9 months, 3 years, 5 years and 14 years old. Results With one exception (MMR coverage at age 5) vaccination coverage rates were lower for children with intellectual disabilities (when compared to children without intellectual disability) for all vaccinations at all ages. Complete coverage rates were significantly lower for children with intellectual disabilities at ages 9 months (unadjusted PRR non-vaccination = 2.03 (1.14–3.60), p
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