Aims: To establish whether there are social or cultural groups of children in Amsterdam with relatively lowvaccination coverage for diphtheria, pertussis, tet anus, and poliomyelitis (DPTP), and for measles, mumps, an...Aims: To establish whether there are social or cultural groups of children in Amsterdam with relatively lowvaccination coverage for diphtheria, pertussis, tet anus, and poliomyelitis (DPTP), and for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). Metho ds: All of the 57 382 children aged between 5 and 12 years and living in Amsterd am on 1 January 2003 were analysed with respect to vaccination and sociodemograp hic data collected routinely by the Department of Child Health Care. The State V accination Programme (SVP) guidelines were adhered to in order to determine vacc ination status. Results: The overall respective DPTP and MMR vaccination rates w ere 93.0%and 93.9%. No great differences in vaccination levels were found be tween depressed and affluent areas or between the children of Dutch and non-Dut ch mothers. However, foreign children who had been born abroad (Surinam, Morocco , Turkey)were most likely not to have been fully vaccinated. Children who attend ed anthroposophical schools were also found to be considerably less frequently f ully immunised than those at other types of schools. Conclusions: Vaccination co verage for children domiciled in Amsterdam was very high. Nevertheless, there ar e groups where the vaccination level is relatively low and social contact is hig h.展开更多
文摘Aims: To establish whether there are social or cultural groups of children in Amsterdam with relatively lowvaccination coverage for diphtheria, pertussis, tet anus, and poliomyelitis (DPTP), and for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). Metho ds: All of the 57 382 children aged between 5 and 12 years and living in Amsterd am on 1 January 2003 were analysed with respect to vaccination and sociodemograp hic data collected routinely by the Department of Child Health Care. The State V accination Programme (SVP) guidelines were adhered to in order to determine vacc ination status. Results: The overall respective DPTP and MMR vaccination rates w ere 93.0%and 93.9%. No great differences in vaccination levels were found be tween depressed and affluent areas or between the children of Dutch and non-Dut ch mothers. However, foreign children who had been born abroad (Surinam, Morocco , Turkey)were most likely not to have been fully vaccinated. Children who attend ed anthroposophical schools were also found to be considerably less frequently f ully immunised than those at other types of schools. Conclusions: Vaccination co verage for children domiciled in Amsterdam was very high. Nevertheless, there ar e groups where the vaccination level is relatively low and social contact is hig h.
