Where are children ages 5–17 years receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations? Variations over time and by sociodemographic characteristics, United States

Santibanez, Tammy A.; Black, Carla L.; Vogt, Tara M.; Chatham‐Stephens, Kevin; Zhou, Tianyi; Lendon, Jessica Penn; Singleton, James A.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.025

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“…Among children aged 5 to 11 years who have received at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of June 2022, 37% were vaccinated in a pharmacy, and 8% were vaccinated in a school-located vaccination clinic; fewer children aged <5 years with at least 1 dose have been vaccinated in either a pharmacy or school in the first month of vaccine availability (15.0% and 0.3%, respectively, as of July 2022). 11,12 Many pharmacies do not offer vaccine to children aged <5 years, and most that do offer vaccine only to those aged 3 years or older due to legal restrictions and other considerations. 13 Therefore, it is likely that young children will continue to be vaccinated in traditional medical settings such as doctor’s office, underscoring the importance of the VFC provider network.…”

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Vaccines for Children Provider Practices in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program: Barriers to Participation, Intentions to Offer COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Aged <5 Years, and Vaccination Promotion, United States, March 2022

Kang

Zhang

Chatham‐Stephens

et al. 2023

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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The aim of the study was to assess barriers to Vaccines for Children (VFC) provider practices participating in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program and intentions to offer COVID-19 vaccination to children aged <5 years. We invited a random sample of 15 000 VFC provider practices in the United States to complete an online survey during February 28 to March 11, 2022. Of 2809 practices that completed the survey, 2246 (80.0%) were enrolled in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program. Concerns around staff resources, vaccine and supply storage space, and vaccine wastage from multidose vials were the most frequently reported program-enrollment barriers. Among enrolled practices that have decided whether to offer COVID-19 vaccination to the children aged <5 years, 1641 (88.8% of 1848) reported likely offering it to current patients, and 1165 reported likely offering it to children who are not current patients. Addressing participation barriers and encouraging active promotion may increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage of children.

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Vaccines for Children Provider Practices in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program: Barriers to Participation, Intentions to Offer COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Aged <5 Years, and Vaccination Promotion, United States, March 2022

Kang

Zhang

Chatham‐Stephens

et al. 2023

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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“…This report indicates that approximately three fourths of vaccinated children aged 6 months-4 years received their COVID-19 vaccine at a medical place. This is a larger proportion than that for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, 38% of whom were vaccinated at medical places and 45% at pharmacies (8). The larger role of the medical home, ¶ ¶ and medical places in general, in the delivery of vaccines to children underscores the need for provider recommendation for vaccination.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sociodemographic Variation in Early Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine and Parental Intent and Attitudes Toward Vaccination of Children Aged 6 Months–4 Years — United States, July 1–29, 2022

Santibanez¹,

Zhou²,

Black³

et al. 2022

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COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for infants and young children, and on June 18, 2022, CDC recommended COVID-19 vaccination for infants and children (children) aged 6 months-4 years (1,2). As of November 9, 2022, based on administrative data reported to CDC,* 5.9% of children aged <2 years and 8.8% of children aged 2-4 years had received ≥1 dose. To better understand reasons for low coverage among children aged <5 years, CDC analyzed data from 4,496 National Immunization Survey-Child COVID Module (NIS-CCM) interviews conducted during July 1-29, 2022, to examine variation in receipt of ≥1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine and parental intent to vaccinate children aged 6 months-4 years by sociodemographic characteristics and by parental beliefs about COVID-19; type of vaccination place was also reported. Among children aged 6 months-4 years, 3.5% were vaccinated; 59.3% were unvaccinated, but the parent was open to vaccination; and 37.2% were unvaccinated, and the parent was reluctant to vaccinate their child. Openness to vaccination was higher among parents of Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) (66.2%), non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black) (61.1%), and non-Hispanic Asian (Asian) (83.1%) children than among parents of non-Hispanic White (White) (52.9%) children and lower among parents of children in rural areas (45.8%) than among parents of children in urban areas (64.1%). Parental confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safety and receipt of a provider recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination were lower among unvaccinated than vaccinated children. COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from a health care provider, along with dissemination of information about the safety of COVID-19 vaccine by trusted persons, could increase vaccination coverage among young children.NIS-CCM † is an ongoing, national random-digit-dialed mobile telephone survey of households that include children and adolescents aged 6 months-17 years (3,4). The survey respondent was a parent or guardian (parent) who indicated they were knowledgeable about the child's vaccination history. COVID-19 vaccination status was based on the parent's * Reported vaccination coverage estimates are by single year of age and, despite the vaccination recommendation targeting children aged 6 months to <5 years, population estimates for all children aged <5 years were used as the denominator. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographic; https:// covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographics-trends

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“…Program officers utilize the Covid-19 vaccination information site for children aged 5-11 years to help guide planning prior to the start of the Covid-19 immunization program for children aged 5 years. There is currently no information available on how the prevalence of Covid-19 among children aged 5 to 17 years varies with sociodemographic factors such as race, ethnicity, and income, or how it varies during the pandemic, (Santibanez et al, 2022). All rich countries provide free Covid-19 vaccines, although immunization rates have largely fallen below 80%.…”

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confidence: 99%

Implementation of the COVID 19 Vaccination Program for Children Aged 6-11 Years at Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province, Indonesia

Dewi

Maisyura

Fitri

et al. 2022

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Implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine program in Muara Dua Regency for children aged 6 to 11 years is responding to the Covid-19 outbreak by the Ministry of Health. It is initiated a vaccination program to expand the reach of the national vaccination program. Minister of health regulation number 18 of 2021 which regulates the implementation of immunization in the context of handling the 2019 corona virus disease (COVID 19) pandemic has this clause. The city of Lhokseumawe complies with the Covid-19 virus vaccination schedule from the central government. For children aged 6 to 11 years, socialization has been carried out to improve the performance of all elements so that they can suppress the growth of Covid 19. In order to achieve the goal of reducing the spread of COVID 19 for the generation of children, the cooperation of related parties has been carried out. useful in vaccinating children aged 6 to 11 years. This collaboration supports and strengthens each other. Human resources play a key role in driving policy implementation because they act as the driver. Lack of adequate information, training or human resource competencies contributes to the frequent failure of policy implementation. Human resources have the greatest impact on the efficiency and quality of execution. FORKOPIMCAM sees human resources as the initiative behind the initiative. To make the implementation of child vaccines successful, the public must be informed about the spread of COVID-19 and utilize all available human resources

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Where are children ages 5–17 years receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations? Variations over time and by sociodemographic characteristics, United States

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Vaccines for Children Provider Practices in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program: Barriers to Participation, Intentions to Offer COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Aged <5 Years, and Vaccination Promotion, United States, March 2022

Vaccines for Children Provider Practices in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program: Barriers to Participation, Intentions to Offer COVID-19 Vaccination to Children Aged <5 Years, and Vaccination Promotion, United States, March 2022

Sociodemographic Variation in Early Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine and Parental Intent and Attitudes Toward Vaccination of Children Aged 6 Months–4 Years — United States, July 1–29, 2022

Implementation of the COVID 19 Vaccination Program for Children Aged 6-11 Years at Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province, Indonesia

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