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Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea

Increased awareness of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) can disrupt vaccination programs. In South Korea, a report of alleged influenza vaccine-related deaths attracted significant media attention in 2020. We retrieved the vaccination coverage and AEFI data to determine their association...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Yunhyung, Choe, Young June, Yun, Jae-Won, Kim, Hee Kyoung, Kim, Sungnam, Chun, Chaemin, Jung, Yeon Haw, Kim, HeeJung, Oh, Hyun-kyung, Lee, Yeonkyoeng, Lee, Jae Young, Lee, Seon Kui, Park, Young-Joon
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8070596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33920117
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040367
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author Kwon, Yunhyung
Choe, Young June
Yun, Jae-Won
Kim, Hee Kyoung
Kim, Sungnam
Chun, Chaemin
Jung, Yeon Haw
Kim, HeeJung
Oh, Hyun-kyung
Lee, Yeonkyoeng
Lee, Jae Young
Lee, Seon Kui
Park, Young-Joon
author_facet Kwon, Yunhyung
Choe, Young June
Yun, Jae-Won
Kim, Hee Kyoung
Kim, Sungnam
Chun, Chaemin
Jung, Yeon Haw
Kim, HeeJung
Oh, Hyun-kyung
Lee, Yeonkyoeng
Lee, Jae Young
Lee, Seon Kui
Park, Young-Joon
author_sort Kwon, Yunhyung
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description Increased awareness of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) can disrupt vaccination programs. In South Korea, a report of alleged influenza vaccine-related deaths attracted significant media attention in 2020. We retrieved the vaccination coverage and AEFI data to determine their association with media coverage. Between 2015 and 2019, the vaccination coverage rate ranged between 80.5% and 83.3%; however, the vaccination coverage rate declined significantly from 2020 to 2021 to 73.6% (p < 0.0001). During the 43rd week of 2020, following a large amount of media coverage on vaccine safety issues, the number of cases with AEFI reached 60. Between 2015 and 2020, the mortality rate ratios for influenza vaccines and non-vaccines ranged between 0.1296 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.1262–0.1331, p < 0.0001) and 0.1608 (95% CI, 0.1572–0.1644, p < 0.0001). Vaccine safety surveillance should be continued in conjunction with investigation and transparent risk communication to maintain public trust in vaccines and vaccinations.
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spelling pubmed-80705962021-04-26 Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea Kwon, Yunhyung Choe, Young June Yun, Jae-Won Kim, Hee Kyoung Kim, Sungnam Chun, Chaemin Jung, Yeon Haw Kim, HeeJung Oh, Hyun-kyung Lee, Yeonkyoeng Lee, Jae Young Lee, Seon Kui Park, Young-Joon Vaccines (Basel) Communication Increased awareness of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) can disrupt vaccination programs. In South Korea, a report of alleged influenza vaccine-related deaths attracted significant media attention in 2020. We retrieved the vaccination coverage and AEFI data to determine their association with media coverage. Between 2015 and 2019, the vaccination coverage rate ranged between 80.5% and 83.3%; however, the vaccination coverage rate declined significantly from 2020 to 2021 to 73.6% (p < 0.0001). During the 43rd week of 2020, following a large amount of media coverage on vaccine safety issues, the number of cases with AEFI reached 60. Between 2015 and 2020, the mortality rate ratios for influenza vaccines and non-vaccines ranged between 0.1296 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.1262–0.1331, p < 0.0001) and 0.1608 (95% CI, 0.1572–0.1644, p < 0.0001). Vaccine safety surveillance should be continued in conjunction with investigation and transparent risk communication to maintain public trust in vaccines and vaccinations. MDPI 2021-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8070596/ /pubmed/33920117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040367 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Communication
Kwon, Yunhyung
Choe, Young June
Yun, Jae-Won
Kim, Hee Kyoung
Kim, Sungnam
Chun, Chaemin
Jung, Yeon Haw
Kim, HeeJung
Oh, Hyun-kyung
Lee, Yeonkyoeng
Lee, Jae Young
Lee, Seon Kui
Park, Young-Joon
Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title_full Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title_short Impact of Media Coverage on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Elderly Individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the Republic of Korea
title_sort impact of media coverage on influenza vaccine coverage in elderly individuals from 2020 to 2021 in the republic of korea
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8070596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33920117
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040367
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