Complete vaccination coverage of children born in 2017-2018, living in urban areas of state capitals and in 12 inland cities in Brazil: a population-based survey from a retrospective cohort study
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To estimate vaccination coverage in children born between 2017-2018, living in urban areas of state capitals, the Federal District and 12 inland municipalities in Brazil, and to identify associated factors. METHODS: This was a household survey conducted between 2020-2022, among children up to 24 months old. Vaccination coverage was estimated according to family, maternal and child characteristics. RESULTS: Among the 37,801 children in the sample, complete coverage (doses administered) was 60.1% (95%CI 58.6;61.6) and 6.1% (95%CI 5.4;7.0) had not received any vaccines. Coverage was lower among children of mothers with lower level of education (OR = 0.70; 95%CI 0.54;0.90) and in those who experienced delays in receiving any vaccine by 6 months old (OR = 0.28; 95%CI 0.24;0.32). CONCLUSION: Vaccination coverage is below the expected levels. Effective communication strategies are needed to reinforce the importance of routine vaccination, prevent delays and abandonment of the vaccination schedule, in order to recover the high coverage levels achieved in past decades.
Authors: José Cássio de Moraes, Ana Paula França, Ione Aquemi Guibu, Rita Barradas Barata, Carla Magda Allan Santos Domingues, Maria da Gloria Teixeira, Adriana Ilha da Silva, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr., Andrea de Nazaré Marvão Oliveira, Antonio Fernando Boing, Consuelo Silva de Oliveira, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa Mirabal, Jaqueline Caracas Barbosa, Jaqueline Costa Lima, Karin Regina Luhm, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima, Maria Bernadete de Cerqueira Antunes, Maria Denise de Castro Teixeira, Maria Fernanda de Sousa Oliveira Borges, Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Roberta Nogueira Calandrini de Azevedo, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Sheila Araújo Teles, Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama, Sotero Serrate Mengue, Taynãna César Simões, Valdir Nascimento, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo
Institutions: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Pan American Health Organization (Brasil), Universidade Federal da Bahia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Universidade de Pernambuco, Governo do Estado de Alagoas, Universidade Federal do Acre, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade de Brasília
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403965564