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Joanne Yarwood Department of Health England Communicating change in the immunisation programme – the UK experience

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Page 1: Communicating change in the immunisation programme ...Nurses Gov’t Base: All mothers of 0 - 2s – four-fifths sample Strongly agree Tend to agree Nov 05 Nov 05 Nov 05 Nov 05 23%

Joanne Yarwood Department of Health

England

Communicating change in the immunisation programme – the

UK experience

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The challenge

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What does that mean?

• around 5000 cases of IPD in E&W• 530 occurring in children under two years of

age• around 50 children under two died from IPD

each year• up to a half of those that survive are left with

permanent disability

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Talking to parents

• 31 waves of research dating back to 1991• over 1,000 personal interviews • parents of 0-2 year olds• attitudes towards immunisations and disease• awareness of advertising and publicity

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Perceived severity of diseases

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%Meningitis

Polio

Diphtheria

Hib

% v

ery

serio

us

Oct 03 May 04 Nov 04

RubellaMeasles

Mumps

Mar 03 Nov 05

Base: All mothers of 0-2s (W30 n = 1016)

Nov 06

Pneumococcal

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5 in 1 vaccine

Perceived safety of immunisations

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Old Polio (by mouth)

% c

ompl

etel

y sa

fe /

slig

ht ri

sk

Oct 03 Nov 04

MMR

Men C

May 05

DTaP

Mar 03 May 04

Pre-school booster

Nov 05

Base: All mothers of 0-2s (W30 n = 1016)

Nov 06

Pneumococcal

*

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Sources of information consulted before immunisations were due (prompted)

12%

12%

12%

20%

17%

18%

25%

24%

23%

70%

11%

12%

13%

18%

19%

19%

21%

23%

25%

71%

Nov-05

May-05

Base: All primary care givers of 0 - 2s (W29 n = 1004)

Leaflets

Healthcare/childcare magazine articles

Immunisation appointment card

Books

Television adverts

Women’s magazines

Television programmes

Internet

Newspaper articles

NHS Direct

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Information gaps

•70% felt they had all the info about immunisation that they wanted before their child’s immunisations were due. •the most frequently mentioned requests were for more general information

•information on side effects •more information in general on all aspects

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• clarity

• consistency

• facts

• range of information/resources

• Openness – talking to someone

What do people want?

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Whether discussed immunisations with a health professional before the immunisations were due

Base: All carers of 0 - 2s (W29 n = 1004)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Mar 03

Any

HealthVisitor

GP

Midwife

May 04 Nov 04 May 05Sep 02

Practice Nurse

Oct 03 Nov 05

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Trust of advice about immunisation given by health professionals and government

36%43% 40% 45% 43% 45%

32% 38%45% 48%

49%43%

42% 38% 37% 36%

15%16%

34% 32%

GP HealthVisitors

PracticeNurses Gov’t

Base: All mothers of 0 - 2s – four-fifths sample

Strongly agreeTend to agree

Nov 05

Nov 05

Nov 05

Nov 05

23% 22%

% DISAGREE83%85% 85% 82% 82%80%

54%47%

NHS

79%

Nov 05

80%

Nov 06

Nov 06

Nov 06

Nov 06

Nov 06

**

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**

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Talking to health professionals

• over 1,000 telephone interviews conducted with GP’s, health visitors and practice nurses

• feedback on information and training, advising parents and personal concerns

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0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006/07

Personal concerns about childhood immunisations

Base: All respondentsQ33 Personal concerns

GPs

Health Visitors

Practice Nurses

*

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Current personal concerns

Main concern:• Feeling that babies are given too many

immunisations (67% PNs, 51% GPs, 49% HVs)

Secondary concerns:• About the schedule, and too many changes to it• Some HVs were influenced by parental views

Base: All with concerns Q33 Personal concerns/Q34 What concerns

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Central advocacy

• evidence based policy • evidence based information• evidence based communication• financial commitment• political support• network of specialists

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Changes from 4th September 2006

• the addition of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) at 2, 4 and 13 months of age;

• a dose of MenC vaccine at 3 and 4 months;

• a booster dose of Hib and MenC vaccine (given as a combined Hib/MenC vaccine) at 12 months of age.

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When to immunise Disease protected against Vaccine given

Two months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

Pneumococcal infection

DTaP/IPV/Hib

Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV)

Three months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Meningitis C (meningococcal group C)

DTaP/IPV/Hib

MenC

Four months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

Meningitis C

Pneumococcal infection

DTaP/IPV/Hib

MenC

PCV

Around 12 months old Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and meningitis C

Hib/MenC

Around 13 months old Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)

Pneumococcal infection

MMR

PCV

Three years four months to five years old

Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio

Measles, mumps and rubella

DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV

MMR

Thirteen to eighteen years old

Tetanus, diphtheria and polio Td/IPV

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New information campaign• public information

• health professional information

• seminars

• press

• website

• TV advertising

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• materials live on immunisation website July

• direct mailing of info pack and sample copies of leaflets to PCTs 21st August

• materials available to order and began distribution 21st August

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What were the challenges?• complex programme with many changes

• more vaccines

• time of implementation

• supply/disposal of material

• three injections at once

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Was it worth it?Cumulative weekly number of reports of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease due to any of the seven serotypes in Prevenar™ : Children aged < 2 Years in England and Wales by Epidemiological Year:

July-June (2003- To Date)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

WEEK

Num

ber o

f Rep

orts

03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

Introduction of Prevenar™ GREEN LINE W k 36 2006

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Completed primary immunisations (all antigens) by 12 months: October to December 2007