A cross sectional survey of attitudes awareness and uptake of the parental pertussis booster vaccine as part of a cocooning strategy Victoria Australia

摘要

BackgroundThe Victorian Government Department of Health funded a diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine for parents of infants from June 2009 to June 2012 as part of a cocooning strategy for the control of pertussis. The aim of this study was to assess parents’ attitudes and awareness of the vaccination program, and to estimate vaccine uptake.