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What Form of RSV Protection Do Women Prefer: Maternal Vaccination or Infant Immunisation? A Cross-Sectional Survey in Europe [PDF]

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute lower respiratory infections in infants/newborns, sometimes requiring hospitalisation.
Diana Mendes, Malvin Kang, Amy Law
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Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context

Cogent Medicine, 2016
Objective: To investigate parental reasons for reluctance towards immunising their child. Methodology: Ten government health centres providing primary immunisation were selected via non-proportionate stratified random sampling. Children aged 15–24 months
W.Y. Lim, H.S.S. Amar-Singh, Netia Jeganathan, H. Rahmat, N.A. Mustafa, Fatimah-Sham Mohd Yusof, R. Rahman, S. Itam, C.H. Chan, M.S. N-Julia   +9 more
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Trends in laboratory-confirmed bacterial meningitis (2012–2019): national observational study, EnglandResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2023
Summary: Background: Bacterial meningitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We aimed to describe the epidemiology, aetiology, trends over time and outcomes of laboratory-confirmed bacterial meningitis in England during ...
Sathyavani Subbarao, Sonia Ribeiro, Helen Campbell, Ifeanyichukwu Okike, Mary E. Ramsay, Shamez N. Ladhani   +5 more
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Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults aged 50 years and above in England (8 December 2020–17 May 2021): a population-level observational study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To determine characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine coverage among individuals aged 50 years and above in England since the beginning of the programme.Design Observational cross-sectional study assessed by logistic regression and mean
Nick Andrews, Mary Ramsay, Michael Edelstein, Joanne White, Elise Tessier, Julia Stowe, Colin N J Campbell, Partho Roy, Eleanor Clarke, Jamie Lopez-Bernal, Yuma Rai, Anissa Lakhani, Camille Tsang, Ashley Makwana, Heather Heard, Tim Rickeard, Shreya Lakhani   +16 more
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Childhood immunisation [PDF]

Singapore Medical Journal, 2014
Primary care practitioners play an important role in administering and advocating childhood vaccination to protect our children against infectious diseases and to ensure herd immunity in our population. Primary care practitioners may encounter children who present out-of-schedule, as well as children who come for vaccination with intercurrent illnesses,
Mark Chung Wai, Ng, Choon How, How
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Exploring electronic health records to estimate the extent of catch-up immunisation and factors associated with under-immunisation among refugees and asylum seekers in south east Queensland

, 2021
Background: Australia is one of the leading countries resettling people from refugee-like backgrounds. Catch-up immunisation is a key priority in this cohort. However, few studies have included asylum seekers and the adult age group in their study sample.
Barbery, G, Nyanchoga, MM, Lee, P
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Influenza vaccination among pregnant women in two hospitals in Sydney, NSW: what we can learn from women who decline vaccination

Public Health Research & Practice, 2022
Objective: Pregnant women are recognised as being at risk of serious illness from influenza. Despite this, and longstanding national recommendations for vaccination in pregnancy, vaccine uptake remains suboptimal.
Jocelynne E McRae, Aditi Dey , Samantha Carlson, John Sinn, Peter McIntyre, Frank Beard, Kristine Macartney, Nicholas Wood   +7 more
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Results from a mobile outreach influenza vaccination program for vulnerable and high‐risk populations in a high‐income setting: lessons learned

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: The aim of this pilot project was to assess the feasibility of an outreach mobile influenza vaccination program led by a large hospital network targeting high‐risk and vulnerable populations in a high‐income setting.
Michelle L. Giles, Joanne Hickman, Vignesh Lingam, Jim Buttery   +3 more
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A systematic review of studies that measure parental vaccine attitudes and beliefs in childhood vaccination

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Acceptance of vaccines is an important predictor of vaccine uptake. This has public health implications as those who are not vaccinated are at a higher risk of infection from vaccine preventable diseases.
Amalie Dyda, Catherine King, Aditi Dey, Julie Leask, Adam G. Dunn   +4 more
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HPV vaccination coverage: slightly improved two‐dose schedule completion estimates and historical estimates lower on AIR than HPV Register

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: To compare Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage against historical data from the former National HPV Vaccination Program Register and estimate two‐dose vaccination coverage.
Julia Brotherton, Alexandra Hendry, Aditi Dey, Brynley P. Hull, Frank Beard   +4 more
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