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Addressing Missed Opportunities for Vaccination among Children in Hospitals: Leveraging the P-Process for Health Communication Strategies [PDF]

Vaccines
Addressing missed opportunities for vaccination requires a nuanced and context-specific approach. The five-step P-Process provides a robust framework to develop a clearly defined strategy that addresses social and behavioral drivers, integrates into ...
Baldeep K. Dhaliwal, Joseph L. Mathew, Patience N. Obiagwu, Rachel Hill, Chizoba B. Wonodi, Tyler Best, Anita Shet   +6 more
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Trends of non-vaccination, under-vaccination and missed opportunities for vaccination (2003-2014) amongst children 0-23 months in Kenya. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Vaccines are effective and cost-effective. Non-vaccination, under-vaccination, and missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV), have contributed to incomplete vaccination coverage in Kenya.
Christopher Ochieng' Odero, Doreen Othero, Vincent Omondi Were, Collins Ouma   +3 more
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Routine childhood immunization coverage, timeliness, dropout, and missed opportunities in Northern Ghana: Evidence from a community-based survey in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Routine childhood immunization plays a crucial role in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases and child mortality. However, sustained progress requires not only high coverage but also timely administration, continuity across multi-dose schedules, and ...
Matthew Konlan, Chrysantus Kubio, Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Fuseini Mahama, Benedict Ofori Appiah, Michael Rockson Adjei, Oheneba Boadum, Martin Nyaaba Adokiya, Peter Gyamfi Kwarteng, Maxwell Oduro Yeboah, Hilarius Asiwome Kosi Abiwu   +10 more
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Application of quality improvement approaches in health-care settings to reduce missed opportunities for childhood vaccination: a scoping review

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) is a poor reflection of the quality of care for children attending health facilities. It also contributes to a reduction in overall immunization coverage.
Abdu A. Adamu, Olalekan A. Uthman, Elvis O. Wambiya, Muktar A. Gadanya, Charles S. Wiysonge   +4 more
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Prevalence and dynamics of missed opportunities for vaccination among children in Africa: applying systems thinking in a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2019
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) among children aged 0–23 months attending health-care facilities in Africa and explore the factors responsible for MOV using systems thinking. Research design and methods:
Abdu A. Adamu, Ahmed M. Sarki, Olalekan A. Uthman, Alison B. Wiyeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Charles S. Wiysonge   +5 more
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Prevalence and reasons for missed opportunities for vaccination in a Nigerian hospital

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
Background: Missed Opportunity for Vaccination (MOV) is a significant cause of low immunisation coverage and resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases. Hence, identifying the causes of MOV in our health facilities and eliminating them will help improve ...
Okafor AF , Korie FC, Ukegbu AU, Ibe BC
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A decade of Streptococcus pneumoniae bloodstream infections: a single-center retrospective analysis [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
A ten-year retrospective review of 176 pneumococcal bloodstream infections found broad-spectrum antimicrobial use despite high penicillin susceptibility. Complications occurred in 15%, and ICU admission in 10%.
Saied Ali, Karen Burns, Binu Dinesh, Helene McDermott, Sinead O’Donnell, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Ciara O’Connor   +6 more
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Factors contributing to missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccination among adolescents, ages 11 to 13, in Iowa

Vaccine: X, 2022
Introduction: Rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remain low and missed opportunities for HPV vaccination are widespread. Researchers have identified factors related to HPV vaccination, but less is known about missed opportunities.
Grace W. Ryan, Sarah S. Perry, Aaron Scherer, Mary E. Charlton, Sato Ashida, Paul A. Gilbert, Natoshia Askelson   +6 more
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Missed Opportunities for Rotavirus Vaccination [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2019
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus remains an important cause of gastroenteritis and has been associated with the hospitalization of 34 to 53 per 10 000 children <5 years of age in the United States annually from 2008 to 2012. Rotavirus vaccines are underused compared with other routine vaccines.
Bethany K, Sederdahl, Walter A, Orenstein, Jumi, Yi, Evan J, Anderson, Robert A, Bednarczyk   +4 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: Highlighting missed opportunities for vaccination [PDF]

European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017
Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a clear unmet medical need for adults worldwide. Despite advances in vaccine technology, vaccination coverage remains low, putting many people at risk of significant morbidity and mortality. The herd effect seen with paediatric vaccination is not enough to protect all older and vulnerable people in the community, and more
Blasi F, Akova M, Bonanni P, Dartois N, Sauty E, Webber C, Torres A.   +6 more
openaire   +6 more sources