Factors Associated With Hepatitis A Vaccination Among Children 24 to 35 Months of Age: United States, 2003

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http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/117/1/30?ct

PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 1 January 2006, pp. 30-33 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-0286)

Hepatitis A

PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 1 January 2006, pp. 30-33

Factors Associated With Hepatitis A Vaccination Among Children 24 to 35

Months of Age: United States, 2003

OBJECTIVES. In 1999, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made

recommendations for hepatitis A vaccination of children according to

historic rates of hepatitis A incidence in different regions of the

country. The objective of this study was to examine hepatitis A vaccination

coverage rates among children living in states with different vaccination

recommendations and to examine individual characteristics associated with

vaccination.

METHODS. Hepatitis A vaccination status data were collected for children 24

to 35 months of age through the National Immunization Survey, a telephone

survey with health care provider-verified vaccination results. Vaccination

status data were collected from children in each of the 50 states and 28

selected urban areas.

RESULTS. In 2003, 50.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 47.6–54.2%) of

children living in 11 states where routine hepatitis A vaccination is

recommended had received ?1 dose, compared with 25.0% (95% CI: 21.8–28.2%)

of children in 6 states where vaccination is suggested and 1.4% (95% CI:

1.0–1.8%) of children in 33 states without a recommendation. Coverage was

higher among children who lived in urban areas, were Hispanic or American

Indian/Alaska Native, or were born to women with less education.

CONCLUSIONS. Hepatitis A vaccination is being targeted successfully to

children at higher risk of infection; however, overall vaccination coverage

remains lower for hepatitis A vaccination, compared with other routine

childhood vaccinations.

ph J. Amon, PhD, MSPHa,b, Darling, MPHc, E. Fiore, MD,

MPHb, Beth P. Bell, MD, MPHb and Lawrence E. Barker, PhDc

a Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office

b Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases

c National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Key Words: hepatitis A • vaccination coverage • children • race/ethnicity •

immunization policy

Abbreviations: ACIP—Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices •

AIAN—American Indian/Alaska Native • CI—confidence interval • NIS—National

Immunization Survey • OR—odds ratio

Accepted Mar 30, 2005.

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