O'Grady Kerry-Ann, Krause Vicki, Andrews Ross
School of Population Health & Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Vaccine. 2009 Jan 7;27(2):307-12. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.096. Epub 2008 Oct 31.
Childhood immunisation coverage reported at 12 to <15 months and 2 years of age, may mask deficiencies in the timeliness of vaccines designed to protect against diseases in infancy. This study aimed to evaluate immunisation timeliness in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory, Australia. Coverage was analysed at the date children turned 7, 13 and 18 months of age. By 7 months of age, 45.2% of children had completed the recommended schedule, increasing to 49.5% and 81.2% at 13 and 18 months of age, respectively. Immunisation performance benchmarks must focus on improving the timeliness in these children in the first year of life.
报告的12至未满15个月以及2岁儿童的 childhood immunisation coverage ，可能掩盖了旨在预防婴儿期疾病的疫苗接种及时性方面的不足。本研究旨在评估澳大利亚北领地原住民婴儿的免疫接种及时性。在儿童满7、13和18个月时分析覆盖率。到7个月大时，45.2%的儿童完成了推荐的免疫程序，在13个月和18个月大时分别增至49.5%和81.2%。免疫接种绩效基准必须侧重于提高这些儿童一岁以内的接种及时性。
