Yang Yuan, Zhang Ting, Wang Yan, Ma Libing, Xie Shuyun, Zhou Jian, Qi Weiran, Wang Qing, Dai Peixi, Du Yuanze, Feng Luzhao, Wang Chunping, Yang Weizhong
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
China CDC Wkly. 2022 May 20;4(20):421-425. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.097.
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?: Pneumococcal diseases (PDs) pose a serious health threat to children. Vaccination is the most cost-effective intervention to prevent PDs, but pneumococcal vaccines coverage among children is low in China.
WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT?: This study investigated the willingness of children's caregivers to have their children vaccinated with pneumococcal vaccines under an innovative policy to offer 1-dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines at no charge to families. The research found that 70.51% of caregivers were willing to have their infants receive pneumococcal vaccines and that reducing the cost of vaccines may increase caregivers' willingness.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE?: This is the first evaluation in China of acceptance of pneumococcal vaccines among children under a 1-dose, cost-free policy. The results provide scientific evidence for updating local and national pneumococcal immunization strategies to promote the use of the pneumococcal vaccine.
关于该主题已知的信息有哪些？：肺炎球菌疾病（PDs）对儿童的健康构成严重威胁。接种疫苗是预防肺炎球菌疾病最具成本效益的干预措施，但在中国儿童肺炎球菌疫苗接种率较低。
本报告补充了哪些内容？：本研究调查了在一项创新政策下，儿童看护人让其子女接种肺炎球菌疫苗的意愿，该政策为家庭免费提供一剂13价肺炎球菌结合疫苗。研究发现，70.51%的看护人愿意让其婴儿接种肺炎球菌疫苗，降低疫苗成本可能会提高看护人的意愿。
对公共卫生实践有何启示？：这是中国首次对1剂免费政策下儿童对肺炎球菌疫苗的接受情况进行评估。研究结果为更新地方和国家肺炎球菌免疫策略以促进肺炎球菌疫苗的使用提供了科学依据。
