National surveillance data analysis of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England by women of reproductive age

TY - JOUR

T1 - National surveillance data analysis of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England by women of reproductive age

AU - Magee, Laura

AU - Molteni, Erika

AU - Bowyer, Vicky

AU - Bone, Jeffrey

AU - Boulding, Harriet

AU - Khalil, Asma

AU - Mistry, Hiten

AU - Poston, Lucilla

AU - Silverio, Sergio A.

AU - Wolfe, Ingrid

AU - Duncan, Emma

AU - von Dadelszen, Peter

AU - and the RESILIENT Study Group, null

N1 - Funding Information: This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HSDR Programme [Project reference number NIHR134293, CI: L.A.M., Co-I: H.B., E.D., P.v.D., A.K., L.P., S.A.S., and I.W.]. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).

PY - 2023/12/1

Y1 - 2023/12/1

N2 - Women of reproductive age are a group of particular concern with regards to vaccine uptake, related to their unique considerations of menstruation, fertility, and pregnancy. To obtain vaccine uptake data specific to this group, we obtained vaccine surveillance data from the Office for National Statistics, linked with COVID-19 vaccination status from the National Immunisation Management Service, England, from 8 Dec 2020 to 15 Feb 2021; data from 13,128,525 such women at population-level, were clustered by age (18–29, 30–39, and 40–49 years), self-defined ethnicity (19 UK government categories), and index of multiple deprivation (IMD, geographically-defined IMD quintiles). Here we show that among women of reproductive age, older age, White ethnicity and being in the least-deprived index of multiple deprivation are each independently associated with higher vaccine uptake, for first and second doses; however, ethnicity exerts the strongest influence (and IMD the weakest). These findings should inform future vaccination public messaging and policy.

AB - Women of reproductive age are a group of particular concern with regards to vaccine uptake, related to their unique considerations of menstruation, fertility, and pregnancy. To obtain vaccine uptake data specific to this group, we obtained vaccine surveillance data from the Office for National Statistics, linked with COVID-19 vaccination status from the National Immunisation Management Service, England, from 8 Dec 2020 to 15 Feb 2021; data from 13,128,525 such women at population-level, were clustered by age (18–29, 30–39, and 40–49 years), self-defined ethnicity (19 UK government categories), and index of multiple deprivation (IMD, geographically-defined IMD quintiles). Here we show that among women of reproductive age, older age, White ethnicity and being in the least-deprived index of multiple deprivation are each independently associated with higher vaccine uptake, for first and second doses; however, ethnicity exerts the strongest influence (and IMD the weakest). These findings should inform future vaccination public messaging and policy.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85148714754

U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-36125-8

DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-36125-8

M3 - Article

SN - 2041-1723

VL - 14

SP - 1

EP - 8

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

IS - 1

M1 - 956

ER -