Estimating the Population Impact of a New Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Program in England Using Social Media Content.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rollout of a new childhood live attenuated influenza vaccine program was launched in England in 2013, which consisted of a national campaign for all 2 and 3 year olds and several pilot locations offering the vaccine to primary school-age children (4-11 years of age) during the influenza season. The 2014/2015 influenza season saw the national program extended to include additional pilot regions, some of which offered the vaccine to secondary school children (11-13 years of age) as well.

Objective

We utilized social media content to obtain a complementary assessment of the population impact of the programs that were launched in England during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 flu seasons. The overall community-wide impact on transmission in pilot areas was estimated f

SUBMITTER: Wagner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6257312 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature