Vaccine uptake and associated factors in an irregular urban settlement in northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Globally, childhood immunization saves the lives of 2-3 million children annually by protecting them against vaccine-preventable diseases. In 2017, 116.2 million children were vaccinated worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Nevertheless, figures suggest that 19.5 million children around the world fail to receive the benefits of complete immunization. METHODS:This cross-sectional study analyzed vaccine uptake and the factors associated with incomplete vaccination schedule in children of up to 36?months of age assisted by the family health strategy in an irregular settlement located in a state capital city in northeastern Brazil. This study was nested within a larger study entitled "Health, nutrition and healthcare services in an urban slum population in Recife, Pernambuco", conducted in 2015. A census included 309 children, with vaccination data obtained, exclusively, from their vaccination cards records. An ad hoc database was constructed with variables of interest. Absolute and relative values were calculated for the socioeconomic, demographic, obstetric and biological data. To identify possible factors associated with incomplete vaccination schedule, crude and multivariable Poisson regression analyses were performed, and conducted in accordance with the forward selection method with robust variance and the adjusted prevalence ratio was calculated with the 95% CI. Variables with p-values

SUBMITTER: de Araujo Veras AAC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376909 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature