Reducing Missed Opportunities for Immunizations

Perceptions and Beliefs of Healthcare Professionals and Patients About Vaccination During a Non-Severe Febrile Illness: A Qualitative Study

“…Among the MOVs, visits due to a FI are quite frequent [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In the literature, up to 41% of MOVs in children were associated with an acute FI [16,17] and 52% of MOVs were due to a FI in adults [18]. This is consistent with the results of an Ecuadorian survey where 89% of HCPs responded that they would delay vaccination in children with fever [19].…”

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Interventions in Reducing Missed Opportunities for Vaccination Among Children Under Age Five

“…Of these, 433 were excluded as they were irrelevant, while 43 records were assessed as full texts and 21 studies were included in the meta-analysis, with a further four studies reported individually ( Figure 1 ). Twenty-five studies that assessed MOV interventions in children under age five were included [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. Of these, fifteen studies were conducted in the USA [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 43 ], two studies in Nigeria [ 36 , 37 ] and one study in each of the following countries: South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and South Sudan [ 26 , 29 , 34 , 40 , 41 , 47 ].…”

“…Twenty-five studies that assessed MOV interventions in children under age five were included [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. Of these, fifteen studies were conducted in the USA [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 43 ], two studies in Nigeria [ 36 , 37 ] and one study in each of the following countries: South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and South Sudan [ 26 , 29 , 34 , 40 , 41 , 47 ]. Regarding the study designs, seven studies were RCTs [ 18 , 27 , 31 , 33 ,…”

“…Of these, fifteen studies were conducted in the USA [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 43 ], two studies in Nigeria [ 36 , 37 ] and one study in each of the following countries: South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and South Sudan [ 26 , 29 , 34 , 40 , 41 , 47 ]. Regarding the study designs, seven studies were RCTs [ 18 , 27 , 31 , 33 , 35 , 42 , 43 ] and the other studies were quasi-experimental and cohort studies [ 20 , 21 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 47 ]. Among studies reported individually, one study was from Sudan [ 48 ] and three studies were from the USA [ 28 , 38 , 39 ].…”

“…Among studies reported individually, one study was from Sudan [ 48 ] and three studies were from the USA [ 28 , 38 , 39 ]. In terms of the study’s population, eight studies included children under two years [ 18 , 29 , 31 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 42 ], four studies included children under age five [ 20 , 21 , 26 , 47 ], two studies included children aged 12–23 months [ 28 , 49 ], two studies included children aged 2 to 5 years [ 34 , 43 ], four studies included children aged less than 9 months [ 30 , 33 , 36 , 48 ], and four studies included children under three years [ 27 , 32 , 38 , 50 ]. The characteristics of the included studies are described in Appendix A and the list of excluded studies is provided in Supplemental Material S2 .…”