Infant mandatory vaccinations: Confirmation of a positive impact

R Cohen; A Martinot; J Gaudelus; D Subtil; J-P Stahl; P Pujol; V Picquet; H Lepetit; L Longfier; B Leboucher

doi:10.1016/j.medmal.2019.11.007

Infant mandatory vaccinations: Confirmation of a positive impact

Med Mal Infect. 2020 Feb;50(1):74-77. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.11.007. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

Authors

R Cohen¹, A Martinot², J Gaudelus³, D Subtil⁴, J-P Stahl⁵, P Pujol⁶, V Picquet⁷, H Lepetit⁸, L Longfier⁸, B Leboucher⁹

Affiliations

¹ Unité court séjour petits nourrissons, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
² EA 2694 - Santé publique: épidémiologie et qualité des soins, University Lille, CHU de Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
³ Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Jean-Verdier, 93140 Bondy, France; Université Paris-XIII, 93017 Bobigny, France.
⁴ Service de gynéco-obstétrique, CHU de Lille, Lille, France.
⁵ Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, université-1 de Grenoble, CHU, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble, France.
⁶ GSK France, 23, rue François-Jacob, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France. Electronic address: patricia.p.pujol@gsk.com.
⁷ GSK France, 23, rue François-Jacob, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France.
⁸ IDM - Families, 10, boulevard des Frères Voisin, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
⁹ Unité de réanimation et médecine néonatales, pôle Femme-Mère-Enfant, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex 9, France.

PMID: 31843343
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.11.007

Abstract

Objective: Infant vaccines protecting against 11 diseases have changed from recommended to mandatory status in France for all children born from first of January 2018. Through Vaccinoscopie survey, we measured for the second consecutive year the impact of this new policy on vaccine coverage rates (VCRs) and mothers' perception regarding vaccination.

Methods: Web-based survey on a representative sample of 1500 mothers of 0 to 17-month-old infants.

Results: Non-optimal VCRs continued to increase in 2019 versus 2017 (according to age, +7 to 8 points VCR for Hepatitis B and +36 to 68 points for Meningococcus C). After a progressive decrease between 2012 and 2017, the rate of favorable mothers' opinion towards vaccination continued to progress in 2018 and 2019.

Conclusion: These results confirmed the positive impact of this new law on infant VCRs and mothers' favorable opinion regarding vaccination.

Keywords: Mandatory vaccination; Vaccination coverage; Vaccinoscopie.

MeSH terms

France
Humans
Immunization Programs*
Infant
Mandatory Programs*
Program Evaluation
Vaccination*