Hepatitis B Birth Dose: First Shot at Timely Early Childhood Vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Current U.S. recommendations state that newborns weighing ≥2,000 grams should receive a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, yet approximately one quarter do not receive this first dose as scheduled. The relationship between timely receipt of the first hepatitis B vaccine and other early childhood vaccines remains unclear.

Methods

Washington State newborns (birth weight ≥2,000 grams) who received birth hospitalization care at an urban academic medical center between 2008 and 2013 were included. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess whether hepatitis B vaccine receipt during the birth hospitalization was associated with completing the seven-vaccine series by 19 months, adjusting for select sociodemographic, clinical, and birth hospitalization charact

SUBMITTER: Oster NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature