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dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Ben
dc.contributor.authorHomel, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.editorAustralian Institute of Family Studies
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T02:55:04Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T02:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn9781760161095
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143550
dc.description.abstractIn June 2014 over 90% of Australian children were fully immunised at the milestone ages of 12, 24 and 60 months (Hull, 2015). These excellent levels of coverage must be improved and maintained over time. To achieve this, it is important to identify which potentially modifiable factors are related to incomplete immunisation. This chapter uses LSAC data linked to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register to examine the demographic, psychosocial and attitudinal factors related to incomplete immunisation at 12, 24 and 60 months. For historical context, Box 4.1 provides an overview of major immunisation policy initiatives in Australia in the last 20 years. The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) was established on 1 January 1996. It is the first purpose-built immunisation register established in the world. The ACIR holds identification and immunisation details for all children up to 7 years of age who are enrolled in Medicare, which is 99% of children by 12 months of age.1 The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS) has used the ACIR to report on rates of immunisation in the population; for example, through the Immunisation Coverage Annual Reports (Hull, Dey, Menzies, Brotherton, & McIntyre, 2012; Hull et al., 2011; Hull, Mahajan, Dey, Menzies, & McIntyre, 2010). Since December 2007, coverage has been reported for children at three milestone ages: 12 months, 24 months and 60 months. The 2012 annual report showed rates of complete immunisation above 90% at these ages in most states and territories (Hull et al., 2012). Rates of complete immunisation have been historically lower for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (Hull et al., 2010, 2011), but coverage for standard vaccines at 24 and 60 months has improved in recent years and is now comparable to coverage for non-Indigenous children. Coverage for Indigenous children at 12 months remains lower than coverage for non-Indigenous children (Hull et al., 2012; Naidu et al., 2013). Homel and Edwards (2016) provide an overview of national immunisation coverage for the period 2000–09, which is when the children in LSAC were receiving childhood vaccinations.2
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://aifs.gov.au/publications/longitudinal-study-australian-children-annual-statistical-report-2015
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleThe Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Annual statistical report 2015
dc.relation.ispartofchapter4
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom71
dc.relation.ispartofpageto98
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111706
dc.titleDemographic, attitudinal and psychosocial factors associated with childhood immunisation
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB2 - Chapters (Other)
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
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