Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports Findings in Influenza Vaccines (Associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children)

2021 JUL 09 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Immunization and Public Health - Influenza Vaccines is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Kunshan, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To assess the associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children. Data were used from the National Health Interview Survey 2011-2016.”

Financial supporters for this research include Suzhou ‘Kejiaoxingwei’ Youth Science Project, Kunshan Special Fund for Social Development and Science & Technology.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The number of children ranged from 10 720 to 12 991 per year from 2011 to 2016. After adjustment for the high-risk status of influenza complications, sex, age, region, race and office visits of children, children of adults who received influenza vaccination were 3.83-4.79 times (the lowest and the highest odds ratios from 2011 to 2016) more likely to be immunized for influenza. Health insurance (1.36-1.61) was also associated with vaccination in children. However, the education level of family adults (0.59-0.79) and marital status of being widowed/divorced/separated (0.74-0.79) were negatively associated with vaccination uptake in children. The following characteristics were not major concerns with influenza vaccination in children: class of worker, years on the job, physical activity, drinking, smoking, hepatitis B immunization, number of family members aged 65 years and the ratio of family income to the poverty threshold. Overall, results from the pooled analysis (2011-2016) were consistent with the above-mentioned findings.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Promoting parental influenza immunization and access to health insurance may be the most effective tools to promote the coverage of influenza vaccine among children.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Associations between family characteristics and influenza vaccination coverage among children. Journal of Public Health, 2020;42(3). Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. (Oxford University Press - http://www.oup.com/; Journal of Public Health - jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Changwei Tian, Dept. of Immunization Planning, Kunshan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 215300 Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Xiaofei Ding, Hua Wang, Wenming Wang and Xiaoming Luo.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz101. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher’s contact information for the Journal of Public Health is: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England.

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