Predictors of coverage of the national maternal pertussis and infant rotavirus vaccination programmes in England

• DOI: 10.1017/s0950268817002497
• Publication Date: 2017-12-14T11:16:41Z
• Authors: L. BYRNE; C. WARD; J. M. WHITE; G. AMIRTHALINGAM; M. EDELSTEIN
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Pertussis Vaccine; Immunization Programs; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Rotavirus Vaccines; Black People; Infant; Mothers; Rotavirus Infections; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Asian People; Caribbean Region; England; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, Second; London; Ethnicity; Humans; Regression Analysis; Female

SUMMARY This study assessed variation in coverage of maternal pertussis vaccination, introduced England October 2012 response to a national outbreak, and new infant rotavirus vaccination programme, implemented July 2013. Vaccine eligible patients were included from vaccine datasets covered April 2014 March 2015 for January June 2016 rotavirus. (%) was calculated overall by NHS Local Team (LT), ethnicity Index Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile, compared using binomial regression. Compared with white-British infants, the largest differences ‘other’, white-Irish black-Caribbean infants (−13·9%, −12·1% −10·7%, respectively), after adjusting IMD LT. The black-other women (−16·3% −15·4%, respectively). Coverage lowest London LT both programmes. decreased increasing deprivation 14·0% lower most deprived quintile least programme 4·4% Patients’ therefore predictors which contributed to, but did not wholly account for, geographical England.