Inequities in childhood immunisation coverage associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics in Kenya
Inequities in childhood immunisation coverage associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics in Kenya
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肯尼亚儿童免疫覆盖率与社会经济、地理、孕产妇、儿童和出生地特征相关的不平等
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10.1101/2021.02.14.21251721
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发表时间:
2021
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通讯作者:
Allan S
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作者:
Allan S
BackgroundImmunisation of children is a highly cost-effective public health intervention and fosters health equity for the overall population. The WHO Immunisation Agenda 2030 highlights coverage and equity as one of the strategic priority goals to reach high equitable immunisation coverage at national levels and in all districts. We analysed full immunisation coverage among children aged 12-23 months in Kenya and estimated the inequities in full immunisation coverage associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics using data from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.MethodsWe analysed full immunisation coverage (1-dose BCG, 3-dose DTP-HepB-Hib, 3-dose polio, 1-dose measles, and 3-dose pneumococcal vaccines) of 3,943 children aged 12–23 months. We disaggregated mean coverage by socioeconomic (household wealth, religion, ethnicity), geographic (place of residence, province), maternal (maternal age at birth, maternal education, maternal marital status, maternal household head status), child (sex of child, birth order), and place of birth characteristics. We conducted bivariate and multivariate logistic regression to assess associations between full immunisation coverage and socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics.ResultsImmunisation coverage ranged from 82% [81–84] for the third dose of polio to 97.4% [96.7–98.2] for the first dose of DTP-HepB-Hib, while full immunisation coverage was 68% [66–71] in 2014. After controlling for other background characteristics, children of mothers with primary school education or higher have at least 54% higher odds of being fully immunised compared to children of mothers with no education. Children born in clinical settings have 41% higher odds of being fully immunised compared to children born in home settings. Children in the Coast, Western, Central, and Eastern regions had at least 74% higher odds of being fully immunised compared to children in the North Eastern region, while children in urban areas had 26% lower odds of full immunisation compared to children in rural areas. Children in the middle and richer wealth quintile households were 43–57% more likely to have full immunisation coverage compared to children in the poorest wealth quintile households. Children who were sixth born or higher had 37% lower odds of full immunisation compared to first-born children.ConclusionsThe inequities in full immunisation adversely affect children of mothers with no education, born in home settings, in regions with limited health infrastructure, living in poorer households, and of higher birth order. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine and campaign immunisation services in 2020 and enhances the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, but it also presents an opportunity to tackle the identified inequities in vaccine uptake as immunisation services are restored to capacity.
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4.5
作者:
Ndiritu, Moses;Cowgill, Karen D.;Ismail, Amina;Chiphatsi, Salome;Kamau, Tatu;Fegan, Gregory;Feikin, Daniel R.;Newton, Charles R. J. C.;Scott, J. Anthony G.
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Scott, J. Anthony G.
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发表时间:
2018
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