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Influenza Immunization of Adults During Outpatient Pediatric Visits

Aakriti Mishra1, Walter Dehority2

  • 1The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|June 2, 2021
PubMed

Insights

Pediatricians can offer flu shots to parents during child visits, but adult immunization rates remain low. In 2016, only 1.5% of pediatric flu vaccine encounters included an adult flu shot.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Pediatrics
  • Immunization Practices

Background:

  • The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends pediatricians offer influenza immunizations to adults accompanying children.
  • Assessing the uptake of this recommendation is crucial for improving adult vaccination coverage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the rate of adult influenza immunization during pediatric outpatient appointments.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the IBM Watson MarketScan database for pediatric influenza immunization encounters in 2016.
  • Examined the percentage of these encounters that also included an adult immunization.

Main Results:

  • Over 1.5 million pediatric influenza immunization encounters were analyzed.
  • Only 1.5% of these encounters resulted in the immunization of an accompanying adult.

Conclusions:

  • Despite recommendations, adult influenza immunization during pediatric visits is infrequent.
  • Opportunities exist to increase adult vaccination rates within pediatric settings.

Keywords:
adult companionvaccination

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