Access to Vaccines for Latin American and Caribbean Older Adults with Disability

Reyes‐Ortiz, Carlos A.; Dávalos, Diana; Montoya, Maria F.; Escobar, Daniel

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-1867-2_12

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“…Our finding that older adults with functional impairments are less likely to have a vaccine is in agreement with a previous report on influenza and tetanus vaccines 24 . Disabled individuals may have barriers to go on time to the health care settings or to be involved in vaccination campaigns.…”

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confidence: 93%

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Self-reported vaccination in the elderly: SABE study Bogotá, Colombia

et al. 2016

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Objective: To assess the self-reported vaccination in older adults within the city of Bogotá and its distribution by sociodemographic factors. Methods: Data analyzed was taken from the SABE-Bogotá study. A total of 2000 persons aged 60 years and older were selected for this cross-sectional population-based study. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed testing the association between vaccination and sociodemographic factors. Results: A total of 73.0% of respondents received the influenza vaccine, 57.8% received pneumococcal vaccine and 47.6% received tetanus vaccine. In multivariate analyses, individuals aged between 65-74 years had higher odds of receiving influenza, pneumococcus and tetanus vaccination, compared to those between 60-64 years. Older adults with higher socioeconomic status (SES) had lower odds of having influenza and pneumococcus vaccines, compared to those with lower SES (OR= 0.16 95% confidence intervals= CI 0.08-0.30; OR 0.20 95% CI 0.10-0.38, respectively). Individuals covered by health insurance (contributive or subsidized) had higher odds (between 3 and 5 times higher) of having influenza, pneumococcus and tetanus vaccination, compared to those with no insurance. Conclusion: Older adults between 65 and 74 years, those with health care coverage and people with low SES are groups that have increased odds for self-reported vaccination. Further studies should identify factors that increase vaccination coverage in these groups and implement interventions targeted at improving coverage among older adults in general.

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confidence: 93%

“…Herein, Bogota has higher percentage for influenza vaccine than those cities, except Santiago. However, Bogota has lower percentages for tetanus vaccine compared to Santiago, Sao Paulo and Mexico City 24 . in 2008, showed that national vaccination coverage for influenza was 56.5%, for pneumococci was 44.3% and for tetanus was 61.8% 25 .…”

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confidence: 92%