Determinants of partial or no primary immunisations

Objective To determine if different factors affect children having full, partial or no primary immunisations. Methods This was a crossgenerational cohort study with linkage to primary care and hospital records conducted in urban and rural settings in Ireland, recruiting in 2001–2003 with 5-year foll...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2010-08, Vol.95 (8), p.603-605
Main Authors: Jessop, L J, Kelleher, C C, Murrin, C, Lotya, J, Clarke, A T, O'Mahony, D, Fallon, U B, Johnson, H, Bury, G, Murphy, A W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Alternative medicine
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Child Health
Children
Children & youth
Company business management
Complementary Therapies - utilization
Diseases
Education
Educational Status
Eligibility
Families & family life
Family Characteristics
Female
General aspects
Health aspects
Hospitals
Humans
Immunization
Immunization - statistics & numerical data
Immunization - utilization
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Ireland
Male
Management
Medical Record Linkage
Medical sciences
Medical Services
Miscellaneous
Mothers
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Pediatric diseases
Poliomyelitis
Population
Pregnancy
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Studies
Tetanus
Urban Health - statistics & numerical data
Whooping cough
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Summary:Objective To determine if different factors affect children having full, partial or no primary immunisations. Methods This was a crossgenerational cohort study with linkage to primary care and hospital records conducted in urban and rural settings in Ireland, recruiting in 2001–2003 with 5-year follow-up. A total of 749 children with immunisation information took part. Results The uptake of reported primary immunisations was 92.8% full, 4.9% partial and 2.3% no primary immunisations. Adjusted relative risk ratios for children receiving no primary immunisations were significant for: having a mother who had ever visited an alternative practitioner 3.69 (1.05 to 12.9), a mother with means tested full general medical services eligibility 8.11 (1.58 to 41.65), a mother who scored
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2009.161810