TY - CPAPER
AU - McQuaid, Fiona
AU - Mulholland, Rachel H.
AU - Claire Cameron
AU - Gibbons, Cheryl L.
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
AU - Tait, Judith
AU - Turner, Steve
AU - Ortega, Jaime Villacampa
AU - Wood, Rachael
PY - 2021
DA - September
TI - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures on uptake of preschool immunisations in Scotland
EP - A230
VL - 106
IS - S1
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.401
AB - BackgroundMaintaining high levels of immunisation uptake is vital to protect children from vaccine-preventable disease. The COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to control it, including national lockdowns, threatened to disrupt routine immunisation programmes. Initial reports from the early weeks of lockdowns in the UK and worldwide suggested that preschool immunisation uptake was falling. In Scotland enhanced surveillance databases were set up to monitor and rapidly assess the impact on childhood immunisation uptake rates.
PB - BMJ Publishing Group
UR - https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/54824
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Immunisation and screening
KW - Education
KW - Children, young people and families
ER