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J Public Health (Oxf). 2019 Sep 25. pii: fdz101. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz101. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children.[/h] Ding X[SUP]1[/SUP], Tian C[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang H[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang W[SUP]2[/SUP], Luo X[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Department of Immunization Planning, Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 215300 Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. 2 Department of Infectious Disease Control, Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 215300 Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] To assess the associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Data were used from the National Health Interview Survey 2011-2016.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] The number of children ranged from 10 720 to 12 991 per year from 2011 to 2016. After adjustment for the high-risk status of influenza complications, sex, age, region, race and office visits of children, children of adults who received influenza vaccination were 3.83-4.79 times (the lowest and the highest odds ratios from 2011 to 2016) more likely to be immunized for influenza. Health insurance (1.36-1.61) was also associated with vaccination in children. However, the education level of family adults (0.59-0.79) and marital status of being widowed/divorced/separated (0.74-0.79) were negatively associated with vaccination uptake in children. The following characteristics were not major concerns with influenza vaccination in children: class of worker, years on the job, physical activity, drinking, smoking, hepatitis B immunization, number of family members aged ≥65 years and the ratio of family income to the poverty threshold. Overall, results from the pooled analysis (2011-2016) were consistent with the above-mentioned findings.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Promoting parental influenza immunization and access to health insurance may be the most effective tools to promote the coverage of influenza vaccine among children.
? The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] children; coverage; family characteristics; influenza vaccine
PMID: 31553048 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz101
[h=1]Associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children.[/h] Ding X[SUP]1[/SUP], Tian C[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang H[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang W[SUP]2[/SUP], Luo X[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Department of Immunization Planning, Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 215300 Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. 2 Department of Infectious Disease Control, Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 215300 Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] To assess the associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Data were used from the National Health Interview Survey 2011-2016.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] The number of children ranged from 10 720 to 12 991 per year from 2011 to 2016. After adjustment for the high-risk status of influenza complications, sex, age, region, race and office visits of children, children of adults who received influenza vaccination were 3.83-4.79 times (the lowest and the highest odds ratios from 2011 to 2016) more likely to be immunized for influenza. Health insurance (1.36-1.61) was also associated with vaccination in children. However, the education level of family adults (0.59-0.79) and marital status of being widowed/divorced/separated (0.74-0.79) were negatively associated with vaccination uptake in children. The following characteristics were not major concerns with influenza vaccination in children: class of worker, years on the job, physical activity, drinking, smoking, hepatitis B immunization, number of family members aged ≥65 years and the ratio of family income to the poverty threshold. Overall, results from the pooled analysis (2011-2016) were consistent with the above-mentioned findings.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Promoting parental influenza immunization and access to health insurance may be the most effective tools to promote the coverage of influenza vaccine among children.
? The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] children; coverage; family characteristics; influenza vaccine
PMID: 31553048 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz101