Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?

<h4>Background</h4>A well targeted flu vaccine strategy can ensure that vaccines go to those who are at the highest risk of getting infected if unvaccinated. However, prior research has not explicitly examined the association between the risk of flu infection and vaccination rates.<h4...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Qian Gu, Neeraj Sood
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/cc694dd8dcf940939f84d74a9a642e66
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:cc694dd8dcf940939f84d74a9a642e66
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc694dd8dcf940939f84d74a9a642e662021-11-18T07:33:14ZDo people taking flu vaccines need them the most?1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0026347https://doaj.org/article/cc694dd8dcf940939f84d74a9a642e662011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22164202/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>A well targeted flu vaccine strategy can ensure that vaccines go to those who are at the highest risk of getting infected if unvaccinated. However, prior research has not explicitly examined the association between the risk of flu infection and vaccination rates.<h4>Purpose</h4>This study examines the relationship between the risk of flu infection and the probability of getting vaccinated.<h4>Methods</h4>Nationally representative data from the US and multivariate regression models were used to estimate what individual characteristics are associated with (1) the risk of flu infection when unvaccinated and (2) flu vaccination rates. These results were used to estimate the correlation between the probability of infection and the probability of getting vaccinated. Separate analyses were performed for the general population and the high priority population that is at increased risk of flu related complications.<h4>Results</h4>We find that the high priority population was more likely to get vaccinated compared to the general population. However, within both the high priority and general populations the risk of flu infection when unvaccinated was negatively correlated with vaccination rates (r = -0.067, p<0.01). This negative association between the risk of infection when unvaccinated and the probability of vaccination was stronger for the high priority population (r = -0.361, p<0.01).<h4>Conclusions</h4>There is a poor match between those who get flu vaccines and those who have a high risk of flu infection within both the high priority and general populations. Targeting vaccination to people with low socioeconomic status, people who are engaged in unhealthy behaviors, working people, and families with kids will likely improve effectiveness of flu vaccine policy.Qian GuNeeraj SoodPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 12, p e26347 (2011)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Qian Gu Neeraj Sood Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
description	<h4>Background</h4>A well targeted flu vaccine strategy can ensure that vaccines go to those who are at the highest risk of getting infected if unvaccinated. However, prior research has not explicitly examined the association between the risk of flu infection and vaccination rates.<h4>Purpose</h4>This study examines the relationship between the risk of flu infection and the probability of getting vaccinated.<h4>Methods</h4>Nationally representative data from the US and multivariate regression models were used to estimate what individual characteristics are associated with (1) the risk of flu infection when unvaccinated and (2) flu vaccination rates. These results were used to estimate the correlation between the probability of infection and the probability of getting vaccinated. Separate analyses were performed for the general population and the high priority population that is at increased risk of flu related complications.<h4>Results</h4>We find that the high priority population was more likely to get vaccinated compared to the general population. However, within both the high priority and general populations the risk of flu infection when unvaccinated was negatively correlated with vaccination rates (r = -0.067, p<0.01). This negative association between the risk of infection when unvaccinated and the probability of vaccination was stronger for the high priority population (r = -0.361, p<0.01).<h4>Conclusions</h4>There is a poor match between those who get flu vaccines and those who have a high risk of flu infection within both the high priority and general populations. Targeting vaccination to people with low socioeconomic status, people who are engaged in unhealthy behaviors, working people, and families with kids will likely improve effectiveness of flu vaccine policy.
format	article
author	Qian Gu Neeraj Sood
author_facet	Qian Gu Neeraj Sood
author_sort	Qian Gu
title	Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
title_short	Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
title_full	Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
title_fullStr	Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
title_full_unstemmed	Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
title_sort	do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2011
url	https://doaj.org/article/cc694dd8dcf940939f84d74a9a642e66
work_keys_str_mv	AT qiangu dopeopletakingfluvaccinesneedthemthemost AT neerajsood dopeopletakingfluvaccinesneedthemthemost
_version_	1718423314359123968

Do people taking flu vaccines need them the most?

Ejemplares similares