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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
In 2001, a publicly funded pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) program commenced for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under two years. At present, there is very little knowledge about the uptake of 7vPCV vaccine amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This study examined the rollout and use of 7vPCV vaccine in Australia and estimated immunisation coverage for Indigenous children at the age of 12 months for 7vPCV vaccine. To calculate 7vPCV coverage we chose four consecutive 3-month birth cohorts born between 1 October 2001 and 30 September 2002. The immunisation status of children in each birth cohort was assessed at 12 months for the third dose of 7vPCV vaccine. The largest absolute number of 7vPCV doses was given in Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. As the 7vPCV program matured, a progressively higher proportion of total doses was administered to children under the age of 12 months consistent with the introduction of the program. For all jurisdictions except the Northern Territory and Western Australia, where it has remained reasonably constant, estimated coverage increased over the most recent birth cohorts but was still less than 50 per cent for all states except the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia. This study provides the first national measure of 7vPCV immunisation coverage among Indigenous children in Australia. With the likely improvement over time in the recording of 7vPCV vaccinations and Indigenous status on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, the validity of coverage estimates is likely to increase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0725-3141
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
238-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Child Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Communicable Disease Control, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Health Services, Indigenous, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Health Services Accessibility, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Immunization Programs, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Immunization Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Oceanic Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Pneumococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Pneumococcal Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Registries, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Rural Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Vaccines, Conjugate, pubmed-meshheading:15460962-Western Australia
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
What do we know about 7vPCV coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?
pubmed:affiliation
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales. brynleyh@chw.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't