This article was published in Vaccine by Dan Wu from Nanjing Medical University and Jing Li from West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, and their teams. This study examined the impact of a pro-social pay-it-forward intervention in China and found it a promising strategy to improve influenza vaccine uptake. The study also found that perceived confidence in vaccine importance might be a potential mediator of the association between pay-it-forward intervention and vaccine uptake.
Independent and joint associations of sex and birth order with non‑national immunization program vaccine coverage among Chinese children: a cross-sectional analysis
This research conducted by Prof. Xiaolin Xu and team from Zhejiang University, was published in the International Journal for Equity in Health. Based on a 2022 survey in Zhejiang and Henan provinces, the study analyzed the independent and joint associations of sex and birth order with non-National Immunization Program (non-NIP) vaccine coverage among Chinese children aged 1–6. The results showed that birth order was an important factor influencing vaccination, with the lowest coverage observed among later-born girls, particularly third or later-born daughters.
