Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde (Aug 2024)

Description of vaccination coverage and hesitancy obtained by epidemiological survey of children born in 2017-2018, in Belo Horizonte and Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  • Taynãna César Simões,
  • Orozimbo Henriques Campos Neto,
  • Ana Paula França,
  • José Cássio de Moraes,
  • Adriana Ilha da Silva,
  • Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.,
  • Ana Paula França,
  • Andrea de Nazaré Marvão Oliveira,
  • Antonio Fernando Boing,
  • Carla Magda Allan Santos Domingues,
  • Consuelo Silva de Oliveira,
  • Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel,
  • Ione Aquemi Guibu,
  • Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa Mirabal,
  • Jaqueline Caracas Barbosa,
  • Jaqueline Costa Lima,
  • José Cássio de Moraes,
  • Karin Regina Luhm,
  • Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano,
  • Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima,
  • Maria Bernadete de Cerqueira Antunes,
  • Maria da Gloria Teixeira,
  • Maria Denise de Castro Teixeira,
  • Maria Fernanda de Sousa Oliveira Borges,
  • Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz,
  • Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel,
  • Rita Barradas Barata,
  • Roberta Nogueira Calandrini de Azevedo,
  • Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira,
  • Sheila Araújo Teles,
  • Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama,
  • Sotero Serrate Mengue,
  • Taynãna César Simões,
  • Valdir Nascimento,
  • Wildo Navegantes de Araújo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s2237-96222024v33e20231188.especial2.en
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. spe2

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ABSTRACT Objective To describe vaccination coverage and hesitation for the basic children’s schedule in Belo Horizonte and Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Methods Population-based epidemiological surveys performed from 2020 to 2022, which estimated vaccine coverage by type of immunobiological product and full schedule (valid and ministered doses), according to socioeconomic strata; and reasons for vaccination hesitancy. Results Overall coverage with valid doses and vaccination hesitancy for at least one vaccine were, respectively, 50.2% (95%CI 44.1;56.2) and 1.6% (95%CI 0.9;2.7), in Belo Horizonte (n = 1,866), and 64.9% (95%CI 56.9;72.1) and 1.0% (95%CI 0.3;2.8), in Sete Lagoas (n = 451), with differences between socioeconomic strata. Fear of severe reactions was the main reason for vaccination hesitancy. Conclusion Coverage was identified as being below recommended levels for most vaccines. Disinformation should be combated in order to avoid vaccination hesitancy. There is a pressing need to recover coverages, considering public health service access and socioeconomic disparities.

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