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  • Public Health
  • Computational Modeling

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  • Under-vaccinated clusters are increasing due to vaccine hesitancy and refusal, posing significant public health risks as demonstrated by past measles outbreaks.
  • Previous analyses of under-immunized clusters using school data lacked demographic details and cluster shape resolution.
  • Existing methods often rely on disk-shaped cluster identification, limiting the ability to capture complex spatial distributions of under-vaccination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel method for identifying under-vaccinated clusters with higher resolution and demographic characterization.
  • To analyze vaccine coverage at the census block group level in Minnesota and Washington using realistic population models.
  • To compare the findings of the new method with existing state-of-the-art software (SatScan).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized realistic population models for Minnesota (MN) and Washington (WA) to simulate individual activities.
  • Integrated school-level immunization data with population models to estimate vaccine coverage at the census block group level.
  • Employed a network-defined scan statistic to identify significant under-immunized clusters of irregular shapes, providing demographic insights.

Main Results:

  • Identified 2 significant under-vaccinated clusters in MN and 3 in WA.
  • The identified clusters exhibited irregular shapes, differing from the circular clusters typically reported by prior methods.
  • Some clusters identified by the new method were not detected by the SatScan software, highlighting improved sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • Under-immunized clusters are a growing public health concern, acting as potential reservoirs for infectious diseases.
  • The network-based approach combined with population models offers higher resolution insights into cluster characteristics.
  • This advanced methodology enables more precise identification of under-vaccinated areas, facilitating targeted public health interventions.