Influenza vaccination is an important public health intervention for controlling disease burden, but coverage rates are still low also in risk groups. In order to identify non-vaccinating subgroups, deprivation and socio-economic indices, i.e. measures used to synthetically describe people's socio-economic status while taking into account several dimensions, may be used. We aimed to synthetize evidence from studies investigating association between deprivation/socio-economic indices and influenza vaccination coverage in population at risk-persons ≥65 years of age, individuals with comorbidities, pregnant women and health-care workers.

Identifying people at risk for influenza with low vaccine uptake based on deprivation status: a systematic review / Vukovic, Vladimir; Lillini, Roberto; Lupi, Silvia; Fortunato, Francesca; Cicconi, Michela; Matteo, Giulio; Arata, Lucia; Amicizia, Daniela; Boccalini, Sara; Bechini, Angela; Prato, Rosa; Stefanati, Armando; Panatto, Donatella; de Waure, Chiara. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1101-1262. - ELETTRONICO. - (2020), pp. 132-141. [10.1093/eurpub/cky264]

Identifying people at risk for influenza with low vaccine uptake based on deprivation status: a systematic review

Boccalini, Sara;Bechini, Angela;
2020

Abstract

Influenza vaccination is an important public health intervention for controlling disease burden, but coverage rates are still low also in risk groups. In order to identify non-vaccinating subgroups, deprivation and socio-economic indices, i.e. measures used to synthetically describe people's socio-economic status while taking into account several dimensions, may be used. We aimed to synthetize evidence from studies investigating association between deprivation/socio-economic indices and influenza vaccination coverage in population at risk-persons ≥65 years of age, individuals with comorbidities, pregnant women and health-care workers.
2020
132
141
Vukovic, Vladimir; Lillini, Roberto; Lupi, Silvia; Fortunato, Francesca; Cicconi, Michela; Matteo, Giulio; Arata, Lucia; Amicizia, Daniela; Boccalini, Sara; Bechini, Angela; Prato, Rosa; Stefanati, Armando; Panatto, Donatella; de Waure, Chiara
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