Vaccination in adults: practical strategies to promote adherence.

Abstract

Vaccination is recognized as one of the most impactful public health interventions, providing significant benefits in terms of disease eradication, prevention of infectious diseases, herd immunity, antimicrobial resistance, years of life gained, morbidity and mortality reduction, and cost-effectiveness. In recent years, vaccination coverage rates have decreased due to multiple factors. The aim of this article is to provide updated information on the benefits of vaccination at both the individual and public health levels, to identify the barriers to vaccination, and to present evidence based global and in-office strategies for implementation in daily medical practice for adults, with the goal of improving vaccination coverage rates.