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May 2008, Vol 98, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 932-938
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.119321

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Status of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives

Megan C. Lindley, MPH, Amy V. Groom, MPH, Pascale M. Wortley, MD, MPH and Gary L. Euler, DrPH

Megan C. Lindley, Pascale M. Wortley, and Gary L. Euler are with the Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Amy V. Groom is with the Immunization Services Division and the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, NM.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Megan Lindley, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333 (e-mail: mlindley{at}cdc.gov).

Objectives. We sought to estimate the influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage among older American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults nationally and the impact of sociodemographic factors, variations by geographic region, and access to services on vaccination coverage.

Methods. We obtained our sample of 1981 AIAN and 179845 White respondents 65 years and older from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2003 to 2005. Logistic regression provided predictive marginal vaccination coverage for each covariate and adjusted for demographic characteristics and access to care.

Results. Unadjusted influenza coverage estimates were similar between AIAN and White respondents (68.1% vs 69.5%), but pneumococcal vaccination was lower among AIAN respondents (58.1% vs 67.2%; P<.01). After multivariable adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported coverage for both vaccines was statistically similar between AIAN and White adults.

Conclusions. Although there was no disparity in influenza coverage, pneumococcal coverage was lower among AIAN than among White respondents, probably because of sociodemographic risk factors. Regional variation indicates a need to monitor coverage and target interventions to reduce disparities within geographically and culturally diverse subpopulations of AIAN persons.






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