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Infant, maternal and demographic predictors of delayed vaccination: A population-based cohort study

Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity.

Citation:
Gidding HF, Flack LK, Sheridan S, Liu B, Fathima P, Sheppeard V, Richmond PC, Hull B, Blyth CC, Andrews RM, Snelling TL, deKlerk N, McIntyre PB, Moore HC, ACIR Linkage Investigator Team. Infant, maternal and demographic predictors of delayed vaccination: A population-based cohort study. Vaccine. 2020;38(38):6057-64.

Keywords:
Data linkage; Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine; Population; Vaccine timeliness

Abstract:
Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity.