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| Title |
Since The Start Of The Vaccines For Children Program, Uptake Has Increased, And Most Disparities Have Decreased
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Health Affairs, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1019 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brendan Walsh, Edel Doherty, Ciaran O'Neill |
| Abstract |
The Vaccines for Children program is a US government intervention aimed at increasing vaccination uptake by removing financial barriers that may prevent US children from accessing vaccinations. This study examined the impact that this intervention had on race and ethnicity-related and income-related disparities for diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, measles-mumps-rubella, and polio vaccinations, using data from the National Immunization Survey, 1995-2013. Vaccination rates increased across all races, ethnicities, and income groups following the introduction of the Vaccines for Children program. Disparities among race and ethnic groups narrowed considerably over time since the introduction of the vaccine program, although income-related disparities changed at different rates within racial and ethnic groups and in some cases increased. Government interventions aimed solely at reducing certain financial barriers to vaccination may fail to address other important aspects of cost or perceived benefits that influence vaccination uptake, especially among poorer children. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 44 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 16% |
| Spain | 4 | 9% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 34% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 33 | 75% |
| Scientists | 6 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 66 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 29% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 163. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2023.
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#250,465
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#617
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#4,636
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#15
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