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Vaccine. 2014 Apr 11. pii: S0264-410X(14)00505-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.003. [Epub ahead of print]
National and state-specific estimates of place of influenza vaccination among adult populations - United States, 2011-12 influenza season.
Lu PJ1, O'Halloran A2, Ding H2, Williams WW2, Bridges CB2, Kennedy ED2.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Annual influenza vaccination has been recommended for all persons ≥6 months since the 2010-11 season. New partnerships between public health agencies and medical and nonmedical vaccination providers have increased the number of vaccination providers and locations where vaccination services are delivered.
METHODS:
Data from the 2011-12 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were analyzed. Point estimates of place of vaccination and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Multivariable logistic regression and predictive marginal modeling were conducted to identify factors associated with vaccination settings.
RESULTS:
Among adults vaccinated during the 2011-12 influenza season, a doctor's office was the most common place (38.4%) for receipt of influenza vaccination, with stores (e.g., supermarkets or drug stores) (20.1%) the next common, and workplaces (17.6%) the third common. Overall, reported vaccination in nonmedical settings by state ranged from 32.2% in California to 60.4% in Nevada, with a median of 45.8%. Characteristics significantly associated with an increased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings were higher education, not having certain identified high-risk conditions, not having had a routine checkup in the previous 12 months, and not having a primary doctor for health care. Being a member of a racial/ethnic minority group, unemployed or not in the work force were significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings.
CONCLUSION:
Doctor's offices were the most common medical setting for adult influenza vaccination; workplaces and stores were important nonmedical settings. Increasing access to vaccination services in medical and nonmedical settings should be considered as important strategies for improving vaccination coverage. These results also can help guide development of strategies for achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives for influenza vaccination of adult populations.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Influenza vaccination, Medical setting, Nonmedical setting, Place of influenza vaccination
PMID:
24731815
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731815
National and state-specific estimates of place of influenza vaccination among adult populations - United States, 2011-12 influenza season.
Lu PJ1, O'Halloran A2, Ding H2, Williams WW2, Bridges CB2, Kennedy ED2.
Author information
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Annual influenza vaccination has been recommended for all persons ≥6 months since the 2010-11 season. New partnerships between public health agencies and medical and nonmedical vaccination providers have increased the number of vaccination providers and locations where vaccination services are delivered.
METHODS:
Data from the 2011-12 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were analyzed. Point estimates of place of vaccination and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Multivariable logistic regression and predictive marginal modeling were conducted to identify factors associated with vaccination settings.
RESULTS:
Among adults vaccinated during the 2011-12 influenza season, a doctor's office was the most common place (38.4%) for receipt of influenza vaccination, with stores (e.g., supermarkets or drug stores) (20.1%) the next common, and workplaces (17.6%) the third common. Overall, reported vaccination in nonmedical settings by state ranged from 32.2% in California to 60.4% in Nevada, with a median of 45.8%. Characteristics significantly associated with an increased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings were higher education, not having certain identified high-risk conditions, not having had a routine checkup in the previous 12 months, and not having a primary doctor for health care. Being a member of a racial/ethnic minority group, unemployed or not in the work force were significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings.
CONCLUSION:
Doctor's offices were the most common medical setting for adult influenza vaccination; workplaces and stores were important nonmedical settings. Increasing access to vaccination services in medical and nonmedical settings should be considered as important strategies for improving vaccination coverage. These results also can help guide development of strategies for achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives for influenza vaccination of adult populations.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Influenza vaccination, Medical setting, Nonmedical setting, Place of influenza vaccination
PMID:
24731815
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731815