Unmet vaccination need among children under the age of five attending the paediatric emergency department: a cross-sectional study in a large UK district general hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate vaccination coverage among children under the age of five attending the paediatric emergency department (PED) using tetanus and MMR vaccination as a proxy.

Design

A cross-sectional observational study with a single data collection point for each participant.

Setting

A single large PED in Greater Manchester, England.

Participants

Children (under 5 years old) attending the PED during October 2021. Participation was 'opt-out' and parents/carers were given until the end of the following month to request that their child's data be excluded.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome of interest was the percentage of children who were up-to-date with their routine childhood vaccinations at their time of attendance to the P

SUBMITTER: Isba R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature