Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Full Vaccination Coverage among Vietnamese Children aged 12-23 Months, 2000-2014: Evidence for Mitigating Disparities in Vaccination
Authors
Vo, Hoang-LongHuynh, Le-Thai-Bao
Anh, Hao Nguyen Si
Do, Dang-An
Doan, Thi-Ngoc-Ha
Nguyen, Thi-Huyen-Trang
Nguyen Van, Huy
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2019-11-18Keywords
Vietnamchildren aged 12–23 months
full vaccination coverage
socioeconomic inequalities
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Services Administration
Inequality and Stratification
International Public Health
Pediatrics
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
There has been no report on the situation of socioeconomic inequalities in the full vaccination coverage among Vietnamese children. This study aims to assess the trends and changes in the socioeconomic inequalities in the full vaccination coverage among Vietnamese children aged 12-23 months from 2000 to 2014. Data were drawn from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2000, 2006, 2011, and 2014). Concentration index (CCI) and concentration curve (CC) were applied to quantify the degree of the socioeconomic inequalities in full immunization coverage. The prevalence of children fully receiving recommended vaccines was significantly improved during 2000-2014, yet, was still not being covered. The total CCI of full vaccination coverage gradually decreased from 2000 to 2014 (CCI: from 0.241 to 0.009). The CC increasingly became close to the equality line through the survey period, indicating the increasingly narrow gap in child full immunization amongst the poor and the rich. Vietnam witnessed a sharp decrease in socioeconomic inequality in the full vaccination coverage for over a decade. The next policies towards children from vulnerable populations (ethnic minority groups, living in rural areas, and having a mother with low education) belonging to lower socioeconomic groups may mitigate socioeconomic inequalities in full vaccination coverage.Source
Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Nov 18;7(4). pii: E188. doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040188. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.3390/vaccines7040188Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/41260PubMed ID
31752228Related Resources
Rights
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Distribution License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/vaccines7040188
Scopus Count
Collections
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).