Uptake of a government-funded pertussis-containing booster vaccination program for parents of new babies in Victoria, Australia

The Path to New Pediatric Vaccines against Pertussis

“…Therefore, cocoon vaccination rates remain generally very low, even in high-income countries [23], and not all vaccinated household contacts mount a robust immune response. Logistic and financial barriers often hinder widespread cocoon vaccination, as it requires government-funded vaccination programs, free-of-charge vaccines and aggressive communication strategies to achieve roughly 75% vaccination coverage [24].…”

Attributes influencing parental decision-making to receive the Tdap vaccine to reduce the risk of pertussis transmission to their newborn – outcome of a cross-sectional conjoint experiment in Spain and Italy

“…[8][9][10][11] Cocooning has been recommended in the United States since 2006 while in Europe, cocooning has been recommended in a number of countries (e.g., France, Switzerland, and Germany) and may also be recommended following acute pertussis outbreaks (e.g., in Australia). 8,[12][13][14][15][16][17] However, implementation is highly variable and vaccine uptake by parents and other close contacts of newborns is often incomplete. For example, in France, although parental immunization (especially in mothers) has increased in recent years since the implementation of a national policy in 2004, a recent study reported that immunization of both parents was found in only 26% of families with infants aged <12 months.…”

Assessing vaccine effectiveness of publicly funded vaccination programs in Queensland

“…The cocooning strategy of vaccinating close contacts, particularly parents, to reduce risk of pertussis exposure to infants, was recommended in Australia in 2003 (29). In response to the national pertussis epidemic in 2009, States and Territories funded time-limited cocooning programs in their jurisdictions (30). As of 2015, only Victoria and the Northern Territory continue to fund a cocoon program (31).…”