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Pertussis vaccination in a cohort of older Australian adults following a cocooning vaccination program

Dyda, Amalie; McIntyre, Peter B.; Karki, Surendra; MacIntyre, C. Raina; Newall, Anthony T.; Banks, Emily; Kaldor, John; Liu, Bette

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Background While recommendations to vaccinate adults against pertussis exist, information on uptake for adult tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine (Tdap) among older adults is limited. Methods We used data from the 45 and Up Study, a prospective cohort of adults aged ≥45 years who completed a questionnaire between 2012 and 2014 asking about pertussis vaccination. We evaluated Tdap uptake following a program providing free vaccine for adults in contact with young children between 2009 and...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorDyda, Amalie
dc.contributor.authorMcIntyre, Peter B.
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Surendra
dc.contributor.authorMacIntyre, C. Raina
dc.contributor.authorNewall, Anthony T.
dc.contributor.authorBanks, Emily
dc.contributor.authorKaldor, John
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Bette
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-21T23:25:04Z
dc.identifier.issn0264-410X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/218992
dc.description.abstractBackground While recommendations to vaccinate adults against pertussis exist, information on uptake for adult tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine (Tdap) among older adults is limited. Methods We used data from the 45 and Up Study, a prospective cohort of adults aged ≥45 years who completed a questionnaire between 2012 and 2014 asking about pertussis vaccination. We evaluated Tdap uptake following a program providing free vaccine for adults in contact with young children between 2009 and 2012. Results Among 91,432 adults (mean age = 66.3 years, SD = 9.6), 3.1% (n = 2823) reported receiving Tdap prior to the program. This increased seven-fold to 21.8% (n = 19898) after the program finished. Tdap coverage was almost twice as high in women compared to men and among adults more likely to be grandparents than those not. Conclusion These findings suggest that funding for a targeted program can help to substantially increase vaccination coverage as well as decrease disparities in the uptake of Tdap in different sub-groups.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant no 1048180. AD received a PhD scholarship from the NHMRC. BL, JK, EB receive fellowships from the NHMRC.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rights2018 Elsevier Ltd
dc.sourceVaccine
dc.titlePertussis vaccination in a cohort of older Australian adults following a cocooning vaccination program
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume36
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-05-29
dc.date.issued2018-07-05
local.identifier.absfor110702 - Applied Immunology (incl. Antibody Engineering, Xenotransplantation and T-cell Therapies)
local.identifier.absfor111706 - Epidemiology
local.identifier.absfor110309 - Infectious Diseases
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB10362
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationDyda, Amalie, UNSW
local.contributor.affiliationMcIntyre, Peter B., Children's Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney
local.contributor.affiliationKarki, Surendra, University of New South Wales
local.contributor.affiliationMacIntyre, C. Raina, University of New South Wales
local.contributor.affiliationNewall, Anthony T., University of New South Wales
local.contributor.affiliationBanks, Emily, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationKaldor, John, University of New South Wales
local.contributor.affiliationLiu, Bette, University of New South Wales
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1048180
local.bibliographicCitation.issue29
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage4157
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage4160
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.109
local.identifier.absseo920412 - Preventive Medicine
local.identifier.absseo920109 - Infectious Diseases
local.identifier.absseo920115 - Respiratory System and Diseases (incl. Asthma)
dc.date.updated2020-09-13T08:18:07Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85048095472
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