Paediatric influenza vaccination program suspension: effect on childhood vaccine uptake

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 494-495

  Mak, Donna B ^a   Carcione, Dale ^a   Joyce, Sarah ^a   Tomlin, Stephania ^a   Effler, Paul V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; TELEPHONE; VACCINATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867023592     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00925.x     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Dixon, GA, Moore, HC, Kelly, H, et al. Lessons from the first year of the WAIVE study investigating the protective effect of influenza vaccine against laboratory-confirmed influenza in hospitalised children aged 6–59 months. Influenza Other Respi Viruses 4 (2010), 231–234.
2. Department of Health and Ageing. Investigation into Febrile Convulsions in Young Children after Seasonal Influenza Vaccination. Latest Findings and Recommendations [Internet], 2010, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra (AUST) [cited 2011 Aug]. Available from: http://www.health.gov.au/internefimmunise/publishing.nsf/Content/431453BBFEF1FB2FCA25776D007D9FF4/$File/factsheet‐30jul10‐V2.pdf.
3. Davis, P, Joyce, S., Health and Wellbeing of Adults in Western Australia 2010, Overview and Trends, 2011, Western Australian Health, Perth (AUST).
4. Medicare Australia. Australian Childhood Immunisation Register [Internet], 2011, Commonwealth Department of Human Services, Canberra (AUST) [cited 2011 Aug]. Available from: http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/patients/acir/index.jsp.
5. Western Australia Department of Health. Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) [Internet], 2010, State Government of Western Australia, Perth (AUST) [cited 2010 Aug]. Available from: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/vaccination/wavss.cfm.