Uptake of a government-funded pertussis-containing booster vaccination program for parents of new babies in Victoria, Australia

Uptake of a government-funded pertussis-containing booster vaccination program for parents of new babies in Victoria, Australia

Highlights • Cocooning is a vaccination strategy involving vaccination of parents to indirectly protect infants against disease who are too young to be vaccinated themselves. • We report on vaccine uptake following a government-funded cocooning program for pertussis in Victoria, Australia. • Vaccine...

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Published in:Vaccine Vol. 33; no. 15; pp. 1791 - 1796
Main Authors: Rowe, Stacey L, Cunningham, Helen M, Franklin, Lucinda J, Lester, Rosemary A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 08-04-2015
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Adult
Allergy and Immunology
Australia
Bordetella pertussis
Child
Cocoon
Communication
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines - administration & dosage
Fathers
Female
Government Programs
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Immunization
Immunization Programs
Immunization, Secondary - statistics & numerical data
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mothers
Parent
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pertussis
Polls & surveys
Pregnancy
Time Factors
Vaccine
Vaccines
Victoria
Whooping Cough - prevention & control
Australia
Victoria
Victoria Australia
Pertussis
Cocoon
Vaccine
Australia
Parent
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Summary:Highlights • Cocooning is a vaccination strategy involving vaccination of parents to indirectly protect infants against disease who are too young to be vaccinated themselves. • We report on vaccine uptake following a government-funded cocooning program for pertussis in Victoria, Australia. • Vaccine uptake was high: 80% of mothers and 70% of fathers reporting having received the vaccine in relation to the birth of their child.
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ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.051