Early childhood vaccination coverage and timeliness by macro-area of origin in children born to foreign women residing in Italy

Defining the determinants of vaccine uptake and undervaccination in migrant populations in Europe to improve routine and COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a systematic review

“…37 studies 26 , 27 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 62 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 addressed determinants of undervaccination in migrant populations. We identified 23 specific determinants of undervaccination in migrant populations: geographical origin; recent migration; lower acculturation; gender or sex; age; being a refugee or asylum seeker; income; health-care contact; health insurance; housing insecurity; region of residence; dispersal site; smaller refugee camp; not having citizenship; comorbidity; being in an influenza risk group; and seven parental characteristics, including: younger maternal age, education level, language difficulties, unemployment, one or both parents born overseas, first-generation children, and larger family size.…”

“…26 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 45 , 47 , 50 , 54 , 62 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 81 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 Of these, 13 studies found an association specifically with African origin (Africa, 45 , 73 , 76 , 92 sub-Saharan Africa, 31 , 71 , 75 , 77 , 84 north Africa, 75 , 77 Morocco, 62 , 74 , 86 Eritrea, 50 Suriname, 62 Somalia 84 ). Five studies found a specific association with eastern or central European origin; 26 , 71 , 73 , 77 , 84 three studies with Turkish origin; 62 , 74 , 86 six studies with eastern Mediterranean or Middle Eastern origin (eastern Mediterranean, 54 Middle East, 73 , 84 Syria, 33 , 47 Iraq, 47 , 50 , 84 Afghanistan, 50 , 84 Iran 50 ); six studies with Asian origin; 31 , 73 , …”