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[Martínez-Marcos M] Preventive Medicine Service, Sub-directorate General for Health Promotion, Secretariat of Public Health, Department of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. School of Medicine, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. [Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E] Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain. Gerència Territorial de Barcelona, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain. Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain. [Gómez-Durán EL] Vice-Deanship of Teaching Staff, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain. [Reñé-Reñé A] Central Vaccine Registry Management Team, Institut Català de la Salut, Girona, Spain. [Cabezas-Peña C] Secretariat of Public Health, Department of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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IDIAP Jordi Gol
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Martínez-Marcos, Montserrat
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Zabaleta del Olmo, Edurne
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Gómez Durán, Esperanza Luisa
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Reñé-Reñé, Anna
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Cabezas, Carmen
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2025-10-24T10:57:14Z
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2025-10-24T10:57:14Z
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2023-10-16T10:29:21Z
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2023-10-16T10:29:21Z
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Martínez-Marcos M, Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E, Gómez-Durán EL, Reñé-Reñé A, Cabezas-Peña C. Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on routine childhood vaccination coverage rates in Catalonia (Spain): a public health register-based study. Public Health. 2023 May;218:68-74.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11351/10451
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10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.017
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http://hdl.handle.net/11351/10451
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COVID-19; Health lockdown; Vaccination coverage
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COVID-19; Confinamiento sanitario; Cobertura de vacunación
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COVID 19; Confinament sanitari; Cobertura de vacunació
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the lockdown measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccination coverage rates in Catalonia (Spain) and to estimate its recovery once the progressive return to 'normalcy' had begun.
Study design: We conducted a public health register-based study.
Methods: Routine childhood vaccination coverage rates were analysed in three periods: a first pre-lockdown period (from January 2019 to February 2020), a second lockdown period with full restrictions (from March 2020 to June 2020), and, finally, a third post-lockdown period with partial restrictions (from July 2020 to December 2021).
Results: During the lockdown period, most of the coverage rates remained stable, concerning the pre-lockdown period; however, when comparing the vaccination coverage rates in the post-lockdown period to the pre-lockdown period, we observed decreases in all types of vaccines and doses analysed, except for coverage with the PCV13 vaccine in 2-year-olds, which experienced an increase. The most relevant reductions were observed in measles-mumps-rubella and diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccination coverage rates.
Conclusions: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an overall decline in routine childhood vaccine coverage rates, and the pre-pandemic rates have not yet been recovered. Immediate and long-term support strategies must be maintained and strengthened to restore and sustain routine childhood vaccination.
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application/pdf
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Public Health;218
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.017
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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COVID-19 (Malaltia)
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Vacunació dels infants - Catalunya
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DISEASES::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections
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PUBLIC HEALTH::Disasters::Disaster Management::Prevention and Mitigation::Communicable Disease Control::Quarantine
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PUBLIC HEALTH::Health Care (Public Health)::Disease Prevention::Primary Prevention::Immunization::Mass Vaccination::Vaccination Coverage
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NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Age Groups::Child
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ENFERMEDADES::virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Nidovirales::infecciones por Coronaviridae::infecciones por Coronavirus
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SALUD PÚBLICA::desastres::manejo de desastres::prevención y mitigación::control de enfermedades transmisibles::cuarentena
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SALUD PÚBLICA::atención a la salud (salud pública)::prevención de enfermedades::prevención primaria::inmunización::vacunación masiva::cobertura de vacunación
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DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::Grupos de Edad::niño
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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on routine childhood vaccination coverage rates in Catalonia (Spain): a public health register-based study
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
