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Bringing Pandemic Science to the Classroom: Building Public Health Capacity at a Rural Kentucky High School. 将流行病科学带入课堂:肯塔基州一所农村高中的公共卫生能力建设。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241302621
Sahar Alameh, Anna G Hoover, James W Keck, Scott M Berry, Sagan Goodpaster, Savannah Tucker, Ashley Goodin
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Advancing Equitable Access to Harm Reduction: Implementation and Early Use of an Outdoor Harm Reduction Vending Machine, Kern County, California, 2023. 推进减少伤害的公平获取:户外减少伤害自动售货机的实施和早期使用,加利福尼亚州克恩县,2023年。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241308169
Ashleigh Herrera
{"title":"Advancing Equitable Access to Harm Reduction: Implementation and Early Use of an Outdoor Harm Reduction Vending Machine, Kern County, California, 2023.","authors":"Ashleigh Herrera","doi":"10.1177/00333549241308169","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241308169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To reduce opioid-related morbidity and mortality, local coalitions on substance use prevention in Kern County, California, have sought to increase equitable engagement and reengagement with harm reduction supplies, including naloxone. Through a community-academic partnership and funding from the local managed health care plan in Kern County, we ordered, stocked, and monitored a temperature-controlled outdoor harm reduction vending machine (HRVM) in Bakersfield, California. We outlined the necessary steps for successful procurement and implementation of community-based HRVMs. To increase acceptability, we engaged in open dialogue with our partners, interested parties, and people with lived experience of substance use to inform the contents of the harm reduction supply kits. In addition, we consulted the literature, physicians, and epidemiologists to inform best practices for the quantity of supplies per kit and the frequency limits for dispensation. To ensure long-term sustainability, we secured grant funding from the California Harm Reduction Supply Clearinghouse to maintain a backstock of harm reduction supplies for the kits, successfully applied for the Naloxone Distribution Project through the California Department of Health Care Services for a continuous supply of free naloxone, and developed student internship and research assistant positions through our academic partner to support participant recruitment and data collection and management efforts. Our efforts culminated in the launch of the county's first HRVM and orders for 2 additional HRVMs. Through our experiences, we gained insight on how to improve the feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability of community-based HRVMs, which can enhance health equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"333549241308169"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11699550/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142922696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Continued Risk of Measles Outbreaks in the United States Resulting From Suboptimal Vaccination Coverage. 由于疫苗接种覆盖率不理想,美国麻疹暴发的持续风险。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241306608
Robert A Bednarczyk, Maria E Sundaram
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Association Between COVID-19 and Planned and Postponed Cancer Screenings Among American Indian Adults Residing in California and Oklahoma, March-December 2020. 2020 年 3 月至 12 月居住在加利福尼亚州和俄克拉荷马州的美国印第安成年人中 COVID-19 与计划和推迟癌症筛查之间的关系。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241254226
Julie H T Dang, Sixia Chen, Spencer Hall, Janis E Campbell, Moon S Chen, Mark P Doescher
{"title":"Association Between COVID-19 and Planned and Postponed Cancer Screenings Among American Indian Adults Residing in California and Oklahoma, March-December 2020.","authors":"Julie H T Dang, Sixia Chen, Spencer Hall, Janis E Campbell, Moon S Chen, Mark P Doescher","doi":"10.1177/00333549241254226","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241254226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected cancer screenings among American Indian people residing in California and Oklahoma, 2 states with the largest American Indian populations. We assessed rates and factors associated with cancer screenings among American Indian adults during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From October 2020 through January 2021, we surveyed 767 American Indian adults residing in California and Oklahoma. We asked participants whether they had planned to obtain screenings for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer (CRC) from March through December 2020 and whether screening was postponed because of COVID-19. We calculated adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for factors associated with reasons for planned and postponed cancer screening.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 395 participants eligible for breast cancer screening, 234 (59.2%) planned to obtain the screening, 127 (54.3%) of whom postponed it. Among 517 participants eligible for cervical cancer screening, 357 (69.1%) planned to obtain the screening, 115 (32.2%) of whom postponed it. Among 454 participants eligible for CRC screening, 282 (62.1%) planned to obtain CRC screening, 80 of whom (28.4%) postponed it. In multivariate analyses, women who lived with a child (vs did not) had lower odds of planning to obtain a breast cancer screening (AOR = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.3-1.0). Adherence to social distancing recommendations was associated with planning to have and postponement of cervical cancer screening (AOR = 7.3; 95% CI, 0.9-58.9). Participants who received (vs did not receive) social or financial support had higher odds of planning to have CRC screening (AOR = 2.0; 95% CI, 1.1-3.9).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic impeded completion of cancer screenings among American Indian adults. Interventions are needed to increase the intent to receive evidence-based cancer screenings among eligible American Indian adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"57-66"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11556546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141236996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Screening and Services in Primary Care Across Underserved Communities in the United States-Initial Examination of Trends, 2020-2021. 2020-2021 年美国服务不足社区初级保健中的亲密伴侣暴力和人口贩运筛查与服务--趋势初探。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241239886
Sue C Lin, Kimberly S G Chang, Anna Marjavi, Katherine Y Chon, Melissa E Dichter, Jessica DuBois Palardy
{"title":"Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Screening and Services in Primary Care Across Underserved Communities in the United States-Initial Examination of Trends, 2020-2021.","authors":"Sue C Lin, Kimberly S G Chang, Anna Marjavi, Katherine Y Chon, Melissa E Dichter, Jessica DuBois Palardy","doi":"10.1177/00333549241239886","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241239886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) began collecting data on intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT) in the 2020 Uniform Data System (UDS). We examined patients affected by IPV and HT served by HRSA-funded health centers in medically underserved US communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We established a baseline and measured trends in patient care by analyzing data from the 2020 (N = 28 590 897) and 2021 (N = 30 193 278) UDS. We conducted longitudinal ordinal logistic regression analyses to assess the association of care trends and organization-level and patient characteristics using proportional odds ratios (PORs) and 95% CIs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number of clinical visits for patients affected by IPV and HT decreased by 29.4% and 88.3%, respectively, from 2020 to 2021. Health centers serving a higher (vs lower) percentage of pediatric patients were more likely to continuously serve patients affected by IPV (POR = 2.58; 95% CI, 1.01-6.61) and HT (POR = 6.14; 95% CI, 2.06-18.29). Health centers serving (vs not serving) patients affected by IPV were associated with a higher percentage of patients who had limited English proficiency (POR = 1.77; 95% CI, 1.02-3.05) and Medicaid beneficiaries (POR = 2.88; 95% CI, 1.48-5.62), whereas health centers serving (vs not serving) patients affected by HT were associated with a higher percentage of female patients of reproductive age (POR = 15.89; 95% CI, 1.61-157.38) and urban settings (POR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.26-2.37).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The number of clinical visits for patients affected by IPV and HT during the COVID-19 pandemic declined. Delayed care will pose challenges for future health care needs of these populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"82S-89S"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11569648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Increased Emergency Department Identification of Young People Experiencing Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. 在 COVID-19 大流行期间,急诊科对经历人口贩运的年轻人的识别率提高:中断时间序列分析》。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-29 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241279662
Preeti Panda, Yaowei Deng, Andrea Fang, Victoria Ward, Ewen Wang, Jennifer Newberry, Maya Mathur, Anisha Patel
{"title":"Increased Emergency Department Identification of Young People Experiencing Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.","authors":"Preeti Panda, Yaowei Deng, Andrea Fang, Victoria Ward, Ewen Wang, Jennifer Newberry, Maya Mathur, Anisha Patel","doi":"10.1177/00333549241279662","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241279662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Human trafficking is a public health issue affecting young people across the United States, and trafficked young people frequently present to emergency departments (EDs). The identification of trafficked young people by pediatric EDs during the COVID-19 pandemic is not well understood. We examined trends in the identification of young people with current or lifetime experiences of trafficking in US pediatric EDs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed an interrupted time-series analysis using the Pediatric Health Information System database, which includes data from 49 US children's hospitals, to determine differences in rates of trafficked young people identified in pediatric EDs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 910 patients; 255 prepandemic (October 1, 2018, through February 29, 2020) and 655 during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2023). We found a 1.92-fold increase in the incidence rate of identified trafficked young people at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 (incidence rate ratio = 1.92; 95% CI, 1.47-2.51; <i>P</i> < .001), followed by a decrease over time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The observed increase in identified trafficked young people during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic should alert pediatric ED providers to the opportunity to identify and provide services for trafficked young people as an important part of improving preparedness for future disease outbreaks. Our observed identification trends do not represent the true incidence of trafficked young people presenting to pediatric EDs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future work should seek to better understand the true occurrence and the health and service needs of trafficked young people during emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"74S-81S"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11556455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142352692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Survivor Health Connection Project: Understanding Experiences of Accessing Health Care Among Those Affected by Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 幸存者健康连接项目:了解 COVID-19 大流行期间受亲密伴侣暴力影响者获得医疗保健的经历。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241291496
Ellen Hendrix, Jane Segebrecht, Kris Thomas, Tracy Branch, Shawndell Dawson
{"title":"Survivor Health Connection Project: Understanding Experiences of Accessing Health Care Among Those Affected by Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Ellen Hendrix, Jane Segebrecht, Kris Thomas, Tracy Branch, Shawndell Dawson","doi":"10.1177/00333549241291496","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241291496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Intimate partner violence (IPV) has short- and long-term health effects, including physical injuries and traumatic brain injury, as well as sexual, reproductive, and mental health issues. However, accessing necessary health care is often challenging for IPV survivors and became even more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined access to health care among those affected by IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic to better connect survivors to health and social support services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Women's Health partnered with its Bureau of Primary Health Care, the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (Hotline) on the 2-year Survivor Health Connection Project. The Hotline administered 2 surveys to its contacts: a 2-question postinteraction survey from March 29, 2021, through September 30, 2022, and a longer focused survey in 2021 and 2022 that measured barriers and restrictions to accessing health care, telehealth safety, and interactions with health care providers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 9918 respondents to the postinteraction survey, 6173 (62.2%) reported current health needs related to their abusive experience. Nearly half of 242 respondents to the 2021 survey (n = 106, 43.8%) indicated that the frequency or intensity of abuse increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 157 of 338 respondents to the 2022 survey (46.4%) reported that their partner had controlled and/or restricted their access to health care. Participants described barriers to accessing health care, including finances, health insurance coverage, and transportation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings illuminate opportunities to further support the health and social needs of those experiencing IPV, including continued coordination of efforts across health care and social service delivery partners.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"32S-39S"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142626883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Disproportionate Increases in Numbers and Rates of Homelessness Among Women in the United States, 2018-2022. 2018-2022 年美国妇女无家可归人数和比率的不成比例增长。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-20 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241255805
Jack Tsai, Austin Lampros
{"title":"Disproportionate Increases in Numbers and Rates of Homelessness Among Women in the United States, 2018-2022.","authors":"Jack Tsai, Austin Lampros","doi":"10.1177/00333549241255805","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241255805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Information about homelessness among women is conflicting. We examined changes in the number and rate of various types of homelessness among females in multiple population groups from 2018 through 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used 5 years of population data (2018-2022) from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We performed descriptive analyses to examine changes in rates of homelessness over time and differences in rates of homelessness between general and veteran populations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2018 through 2022, there were major increases in rates of unsheltered homelessness among females (25.1%) and males (17.3%) in the general population, which outpaced increases in general population birth rates. Although the percentage change in the proportion of females among all people experiencing unsheltered homelessness grew by 4.0%, the proportion of females among all veterans experiencing unsheltered homelessness grew by 26.3%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings highlight the growing problem of unsheltered homelessness in the general population. Prevention efforts should be focused particularly on the female, especially veteran female, population.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"103-107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11569733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Novel Framework for Internal Responses to Detection of Pathogens in Wastewater by Public Health Agencies. 公共卫生机构检测废水中病原体的内部响应新框架。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241253787
Komal Sheth, Kaavya Domakonda, Kirstin Short, Lauren Stadler, Katherine B Ensor, Catherine D Johnson, Stephen L Williams, David Persse, Loren Hopkins
{"title":"A Novel Framework for Internal Responses to Detection of Pathogens in Wastewater by Public Health Agencies.","authors":"Komal Sheth, Kaavya Domakonda, Kirstin Short, Lauren Stadler, Katherine B Ensor, Catherine D Johnson, Stephen L Williams, David Persse, Loren Hopkins","doi":"10.1177/00333549241253787","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241253787","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To build on the success of wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, jurisdictions funded under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Wastewater Surveillance System are looking to expand their wastewater programs to detect more pathogens. However, many public health agencies do not know how to use the collected wastewater data to formulate public health responses, underscoring a need for guidance. To address this knowledge gap, the Houston Health Department (HHD) developed a novel response framework that outlines an internal action plan that is tailored by pathogen type after detection of various pathogens in wastewater.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In July 2023, HHD met with subject matter experts (eg, bureau chiefs, program managers) in internal departments, including epidemiology, immunization, and health education, to discuss the general outline of the response framework and each department's anticipated role after pathogen detection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The internal framework established a flow for notifications and the actions to be taken by departments in HHD, with the goals of (1) ensuring timely and efficient responses to pathogen detections, (2) creating accountability within departments for taking their assigned actions, and (3) making certain that HHD was prepared for intervention implementation when a new pathogen was detected.</p><p><strong>Practice implications: </strong>As more public health agencies expand their wastewater surveillance programs to target additional pathogens, development of internal action plans tailored to departmental capacity and programs is an important step for public health agencies. The information compiled in this response framework can be a model for other public health agencies to adopt when expanding the scope of their wastewater monitoring systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"22-31"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11569667/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141311467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effect of Childcare Influenza Vaccine Requirement on Vaccination Rates, New York City, 2012-2020. 托儿所流感疫苗接种要求对接种率的影响,纽约市,2012-2020 年。
IF 3 4区 医学
Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/00333549241260166
Amy E Metroka, Vikki Papadouka, Alexandra Ternier, Iris Cheng, Jane R Zucker
{"title":"Effect of Childcare Influenza Vaccine Requirement on Vaccination Rates, New York City, 2012-2020.","authors":"Amy E Metroka, Vikki Papadouka, Alexandra Ternier, Iris Cheng, Jane R Zucker","doi":"10.1177/00333549241260166","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00333549241260166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In 2014, New York City initiated a childcare influenza vaccine requirement to increase influenza vaccination rates among children aged 6-59 months attending city-regulated childcare, including prekindergarten. We evaluated the requirement's effect on vaccination rates in childcare-aged children in New York City.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined influenza vaccination rates in children aged 6-59 months and by age groups of 1, 2, 3, and 4 years for 8 influenza seasons (2012-2013 through 2019-2020), representing 2 seasons before the requirement, 2 seasons during the requirement, 2 seasons after its suspension, and 2 seasons after its reinstatement. We also assessed rates in a comparison group of children aged 5-8 years. We performed a difference-in-differences analysis to compare rate differences in age groups when the requirement was and was not in effect. We considered <i>P</i> < .05 as significant based on the Wald χ<sup>2</sup> test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Influenza vaccination rates among children aged 6-59 months increased 3.7 percentage points (from 47.7% to 51.4%) by the requirement's second year and declined 6.7 percentage points to 44.7% after suspension. After reinstatement, rates increased 10.7 percentage points to 55.4%. Rate changes were most pronounced among 4-year-olds, increasing 12.7 percentage points (from 45.3% to 58.0%) by the requirement's second year, declining 14.1 percentage points to 43.9% after suspension, and increasing 22.2 percentage points to 66.1% after reinstatement. In the comparison group, rates increased 4.9 percentage points (from 36.5% to 41.4%) after reinstatement. Rates increased significantly among 4-year-olds before versus at the initial requirement and decreased significantly after suspension. After reinstatement, rates increased significantly among all groups except 1-year-olds.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The New York City influenza vaccine requirement improved influenza vaccination rates among preschool-aged children, adding to the evidence base showing that vaccine requirements raise vaccination rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":20793,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Reports","volume":" ","pages":"5-12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11569686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141760596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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