Awareness among adults of vaccine-preventable diseases and recommended vaccinations, United States, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Lu, Peng-jun ; O’Halloran, Alissa ; Kennedy, Erin D. ; Williams, Walter W. ; Kim, David ; Fiebelkorn, Amy Parker ; Donahue, Sara ; Bridges, Carolyn B.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Adults are recommended to receive select vaccinations based on their age, underlying medical conditions, lifestyle, and other considerations. Factors associated with awareness of vaccine-preventable diseases and recommended vaccines among adults in the United States have not been explored.
  
  Methods
  
  Data from a 2015 internet panel survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged ≥19 years were analyzed to assess awareness of selected vaccine-preventable diseases and recommended vaccines for adults. A multivariable logistic regression model with a predictive marginal approach was used to identify factors independently associated with awareness of selected vaccine-preventable infections/diseases and corresponding vaccines.
  
  Results
  
  Among the surveyed population, from 24.6 to 72.1% reported vaccination for recommended vaccines. Awareness of vaccine-preventable diseases among adults aged ≥19 years ranged from 63.4% to 94.0% (63.4% reported awareness of HPV, 71.5% reported awareness of tetanus, 72.0% reported awareness of pertussis, 75.4% reported awareness of HZ, 75.8% reported awareness of hepatitis B, 83.1% reported awareness of pneumonia, and 94.0% reported awareness of influenza). Awareness of the corresponding vaccines among adults aged ≥19 years ranged from 59.3% to 94.1% (59.3% HZ vaccine, 59.6% HPV vaccine, 64.3% hepatitis B vaccine, 66.2% pneumococcal vaccine, 86.3% tetanus vaccines, and 94.1% influenza vaccine). In multivariable analysis, being female and being a college graduate were significantly associated with a higher level of awareness for majority of vaccine-preventable diseases, and being female, being a college graduate, and working as a health care provider were significantly associated with a higher level of awareness for majority of corresponding vaccines.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Although adults in this survey reported high levels of awareness for most vaccines recommended for adults, self-reported vaccination coverage was not optimal. Combining interventions known to increase uptake of recommended vaccines, such as patient reminder/recall systems and other health-care system-based interventions, and ensuring patients’ vaccination needs are assessed, are needed to improve vaccination of adults.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Communicable Disease Control Educational Status Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Vaccines Humans Immunization Programs Influenza Vaccines Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Papillomavirus Vaccines Pneumococcal Vaccines Sex Factors Tetanus United States Vaccination Whooping Cough Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Adult Vaccination Adult Vaccine Awareness Vaccine-preventable Diseases
• Source:
  Vaccine. 35(23):3104-3115
• Pubmed ID:
  28457673
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5819593
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  23
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8bf646f0127aafa59dfed11afd8cd9369fd742eaab162dce212fc5a800ad97fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52032/cdc_52032_DS1.pdf
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