Background: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between parental vaccine hesitancy and vaccine coverage for all recommended vaccines for children under five years residing in Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3). SA3 groupings represent clustering groups of smaller areas, such as regional towns and cities or clusters of related suburbs, which share similar regional characteristics, administrative boundaries or labour markets, and generally have populations between 30,000 and 130,000 persons.
Methods: We used parental vaccine hesitancy data from the VBAT (Vaccine Barrier Assessment Tool) study and vaccine coverage by postcode data from the Australian Immunisation Coverage Report 2020/21. Binary logistic regression analysis explored the association.
Results: There were complete data for 1110 participants. We found lower vaccine concerns in parents residing in medium coverage (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.36, 95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.22 to 0.59) and high coverage (aOR 0.37, 95 % CI: 0.22 to 0.60) SA3 areas compared to low coverage geographical areas.
Conclusions: Developing effective policies to vaccinate children under five in low coverage areas will help reduce vaccine inequity in Australia. Future strategies to improve vaccine coverage should consider ways to address both access and acceptance barriers.
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