TY - JOUR
AU - Adeloye, Davies
AU - Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal
AU - Woolford, Lana
AU - Simpson, Colin R.
AU - Agrawal, Utkarsh
AU - Ritchie, Lewis
AU - Swann, Olivia
AU - Stock, Sarah J.
AU - Robertson, Chris
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
AU - Rudan, Igor
PY - 2021
DA - December
TI - Uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in children and young people in Scotland: Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II)
JO - Journal of Global Health
VL - 11
DO - https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.05026
AB - Background The dynamics of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) transmission and severity of disease among children and young people (CYP) across different settings are of considerable clinical, public health and societal interest. Severe COVID-19 cases, requiring hospitalisations, and deaths have been reported in some CYP suggesting a need to extend vaccinations to these age groups. As part of the ongoing Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) study, we aim to investigate the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in children and young people (CYP) aged 0 to 17 years in Scotland. Specifically, we will estimate: (i) uptake of vaccines against COVID-19, (ii) vaccine effectiveness (VE) against the outcomes of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalisation, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and death; (iii) VE for first/second dose timing among different age groups and risk groups; and (iv) the safety of vaccines.
PB - International Society of Global Health
UR - https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/57590
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Immunisation and screening
KW - Children, young people and families
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