RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Determinants of partial or no primary immunisations
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 603
OP 605
DO 10.1136/adc.2009.161810
VO 95
IS 8
A1 L J Jessop
A1 C C Kelleher
A1 C Murrin
A1 J Lotya
A1 A T Clarke
A1 D O'Mahony
A1 U B Fallon
A1 H Johnson
A1 G Bury
A1 A W Murphy
A1 The Lifeways Cohort Study Steering Group
YR 2010
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/95/8/603.abstract
AB 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 <50 for the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHO-QOL) scale psychological domain 8.82 (1.79 to 43.6) or living in the west of Ireland (rural) 3.64 (1.0 to 13.2). Being born prematurely was associated with partial primary immunisation, adjusted OR 4.63 (1.24 to 17.3). Conclusions Knowledge of these differences will help target campaigns to increase full uptake of primary immunisations.