Immunisation status of children receiving care and support in Wales: a national data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the UK, a robust childhood immunisation programme ensures children are offered protection against serious infections; identifying inequalities in vaccination coverage is essential. This is one of the first data linkage studies to examine coverage of primary, as well as pre-school booster and second dose of MMR vaccines, in children receiving support from social care services across Wales.

Methods

By accessing records held within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, vaccination status of children receiving social care and support between April 2016 and March 2021 (n = 24,540) was ascertained. This was achieved through linkage of the Children Receiving Care and Support (CRCS) Census and National Community Child Health Database which h

SUBMITTER: Bailey GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423803 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature