@article{fdi:010077087,
  title = {{D}eterminants of childhood immunizations in {S}enegal : adding previous shots to sociodemographic background},
  author = {{P}eretti-{W}atel, {P}. and {C}ortaredona, {S}{\'e}bastien and {L}y, {E}. {Y}. and {S}eror, {V}. and {N}diaye, {S}. and {G}aye, {I}. and {F}all, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ntroduction. {T}oday, in {S}ub-{S}aharan {A}frica, vaccine-preventable diseases still contribute heavily to high child mortality. {M}aintaining high coverage rates for childhood vaccines and reducing related social inequalities are public health priorities in {S}enegal. {O}ur aim was to investigate the determinants of childhood vaccination, including sociodemographic factors and previous vaccine-related decision-making. {M}ethods. {D}ata come from the 2016 {S}enegalese {D}emographic and {H}ealth {S}urvey, a nationally representative household survey targeting women aged 15?49, with a questionnaire focusing on health and reproductive issues, including their children?s health. {W}e restricted the analysis to children aged 12?23?months (n?=?1,143). {W}e used bivariate and multivariate analyses for investigating the determinants of several childhood vaccinations ({B}acillus {C}almette-{G}u?rin, pentavalent, polio, measles and yellow fever vaccines), including sociodemographic factors and previous shots. {R}esults. {W}e identified two main sociodemographic predictors of childhood vaccination in {S}enegal: the mother?s education level, which was strongly and positively correlated to every vaccination considered, except from the {BCG} vaccination, and the region of residence, with higher vaccination coverage rates in the {C}entre and {W}est of {S}enegal. {M}oreover, previous shots were also strongly predictive of subsequent shots. {C}onclusion. {T}he positive impact of mother?s education on child vaccination illustrates the wide-ranging benefits of educating girls, while the regional variability of immunization rates requires more research to be better understood. {P}revious shots are probably a proxy variable for unobservable factors strongly correlated to vaccinations, but beyond this ?proxy effect?, they may also have their own specific effect on following shots. {W}e believe this topic deserves further research.},
  keywords = {{C}hildhood vaccination ; coverage ; immunization ; socioeconomic ; {S}enegal ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}uman {V}accines and {I}mmunotherapeutics},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {363--370},
  ISSN = {2164-5515},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1080/21645515.2019.1649553},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077087},
}