PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paula Varma
AU  - Jane K Murray
TI  - Childhood swine flu vaccination uptake in a Welsh general practice: a prospective study
AID  - 10.3399/bjgp11X583164
DP  - 2011 Jul 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - e392--e396
VI  - 61
IP  - 588
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/61/588/e392.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/61/588/e392.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2011 Jul 01; 61
AB  - Background Immunisation of infants is effective and benefits the health of the children immunised as well as the community where uptake is high. Any social inequality in uptake will worsen any social inequalities that already exist.Aim To investigate the demographic characteristics of families attending for swine flu vaccination.Design and setting A prospective study in a semi-rural general practice in South Wales.Method Data were collected by questionnaire, and logistic regression models were used to test for associations between potential risk factors (including family demographic characteristics and the child's previous vaccination history) and swine flu vaccination uptake.Results No evidence was found of any significant associations between potential risk factors and the outcome.Conclusion This suggests that social inequality did not affect vaccination uptake in this sample.