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

• Published in: Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde Vol. 33; no. spe2
• Main Authors: Simões, Taynãna César, Campos Neto, Orozimbo Henriques, França, Ana Paula, Moraes, José Cássio de, Silva, Adriana Ilha da, Ramos Jr, Alberto Novaes, Oliveira, Andrea de Nazaré Marvão, Boing, Antonio Fernando, Domingues, Carla Magda Allan Santos, Oliveira, Consuelo Silva de, Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia, Guibu, Ione Aquemi, Mirabal, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa, Barbosa, Jaqueline Caracas, Lima, Jaqueline Costa, Luhm, Karin Regina, Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim, Lima, Luisa Helena de Oliveira, Antunes, Maria Bernadete de Cerqueira, Teixeira, Maria da Gloria, Teixeira, Maria Denise de Castro, Borges, Maria Fernanda de Sousa Oliveira, Queiroz, Rejane Christine de Sousa, Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz, Barata, Rita Barradas, Azevedo, Roberta Nogueira Calandrini de, Oliveira, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de, Teles, Sheila Araújo, Gama, Silvana Granado Nogueira da, Mengue, Sotero Serrate, Nascimento, Valdir, Araújo, Wildo Navegantes de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil 2024
• Subjects: HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Vacilación ante las Vacunas; Cobertura Vacinal; Hesitação Vacinal; Encuestas Epidemiológicas; Cobertura de Vacunación; Programas de Imunização; Disparidades Socioeconômicas em Saúde; Vaccination Coverage; Calendário Básico Infantil; Health Surveys; Basic Children’s Schedule; Disparidades Socioeconómicas en Salud; Immunization Programs; Socioeconomic Disparities in Health; Inquéritos Epidemiológicos; Calendario Infantil Básico; Programas de Inmunización; Vaccination Hesitancy
• ISSN: 2237-9622
• DOI: 10.1590/s2237-96222024v33e20231188.especial2.en

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.