Pertussis vaccination in a cohort of older Australian adults following a cocooning vaccination program

A. Dyda; P. McIntyre; S. Karki; C. R. MacIntyre; A. T. Newall; E. Banks; J. Kaldor; B. Liu

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.109

Pertussis vaccination in a cohort of older Australian adults following a cocooning vaccination program

A. Dyda^*, P. McIntyre, S. Karki, C. R. MacIntyre, A. T. Newall, E. Banks, J. Kaldor, B. Liu

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Background: While recommendations to vaccinate adults against pertussis exist, information on uptake for adult tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine (Tdap) among older adults is limited. Methods: We used data from the 45 and Up Study, a prospective cohort of adults aged ≥45 years who completed a questionnaire between 2012 and 2014 asking about pertussis vaccination. We evaluated Tdap uptake following a program providing free vaccine for adults in contact with young children between 2009 and 2012. Results: Among 91,432 adults (mean age = 66.3 years, SD = 9.6), 3.1% (n = 2823) reported receiving Tdap prior to the program. This increased seven-fold to 21.8% (n = 19898) after the program finished. Tdap coverage was almost twice as high in women compared to men and among adults more likely to be grandparents than those not. Conclusion: These findings suggest that funding for a targeted program can help to substantially increase vaccination coverage as well as decrease disparities in the uptake of Tdap in different sub-groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4157-4160
Number of pages	4
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	36
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.109
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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