Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden.
Regional Child Health Office, Scania, Sweden.
Acta Paediatr. 2021 Sep;110(9):2559-2566. doi: 10.1111/apa.15912. Epub 2021 Jun 19.
Routine immunisation programmes are at risk of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the resilience of the Swedish national immunisation programme for children up to the age of five years during the early stages of the pandemic.
This was a cross-sectional, web-based survey of regional child health offices in Sweden between 10 September and 9 October 2020. It explored the organisation of child health services during the early stages of the pandemic, focusing on routine child immunisation.
All 21 Swedish regional child health offices responded. They stated that child immunisation had been prioritised, communication with families had been intensified and there was greater flexibility at all organisational levels of child health services. In addition, the vaccine supply was sustained and child health centres remained open. However, there were periodic staff shortages, increased numbers of health visits cancelled by parents and most parent education groups were paused.
The Swedish immunisation programme was resilient during the early COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to sustainable organisation co-ordinated by Sweden's network of regional child health offices.
由于 COVID-19 大流行，常规免疫规划面临中断的风险。本研究旨在调查瑞典五岁以下儿童国家免疫规划在大流行早期的恢复能力。
这是 2020 年 9 月 10 日至 10 月 9 日期间在瑞典各地儿童保健办公室进行的一项横断面、基于网络的调查。它探讨了大流行早期儿童保健服务的组织情况，重点是常规儿童免疫接种。
所有 21 个瑞典地区儿童保健办公室都做出了回应。他们表示，儿童免疫接种已被列为优先事项，与家庭的沟通得到了加强，儿童保健服务的所有组织层面都更加灵活。此外，疫苗供应得以维持，儿童保健中心保持开放。然而，工作人员周期性短缺，父母取消的健康访问次数增加，大多数家长教育小组暂停。
由于瑞典各地儿童保健办公室网络协调的可持续组织，瑞典的免疫规划在 COVID-19 大流行早期具有恢复能力。
