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0000-0003-4373-8462
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University of Tokyo
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Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-11-2019
Abstract: There has been no report on the situation of socioeconomic inequalities in the full vaccination coverage among Vietnamese children. This study aims to assess the trends and changes in the socioeconomic inequalities in the full vaccination coverage among Vietnamese children aged 12–23 months from 2000 to 2014. Data were drawn from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2000, 2006, 2011, and 2014). Concentration index (CCI) and concentration curve (CC) were applied to quantify the degree of the socioeconomic inequalities in full immunization coverage. The prevalence of children fully receiving recommended vaccines was significantly improved during 2000–2014, yet, was still not being covered. The total CCI of full vaccination coverage gradually decreased from 2000 to 2014 (CCI: from 0.241 to 0.009). The CC increasingly became close to the equality line through the survey period, indicating the increasingly narrow gap in child full immunization amongst the poor and the rich. Vietnam witnessed a sharp decrease in socioeconomic inequality in the full vaccination coverage for over a decade. The next policies towards children from vulnerable populations (ethnic minority groups, living in rural areas, and having a mother with low education) belonging to lower socioeconomic groups may mitigate socioeconomic inequalities in full vaccination coverage.
Publisher: Department of Health Science - University of Genoa
Date: 2019
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 12-2022
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2022-064998
Abstract: There has been comparatively little research on the association between social capital and depressive symptoms in low- and middle-income countries. To address this deficit this study examined the association among middle-aged adults in rural Vietnam. A cross-sectional study. Data came from the baseline survey of the Khánh Hòa Cardiovascular Study, which is an ongoing prospective cohort study aiming to elucidate the determinants of cardiovascular diseases. A total of 3000 people aged 40–60 years old residing in rural communes in Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam. Cognitive social capital (ie, low, middle and high) and structural social capital (in terms of social participation yes or no) were assessed via a questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the 11-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. A robust Poisson regression model revealed that adults in the highest versus lowest cognitive social capital tertile had a 61% lower prevalence of depressive symptoms (prevalence ratio (PR)=0.39, 95% CI=0.31 to 0.49). In iduals with higher structural social capital were also significantly less likely to experience depressive symptoms (PR=0.74, 95% CI=0.61 to 0.90). In a cohort of 3000 middle-aged rural residents in Vietnam, both cognitive and structural social capital assessed at the in idual level were inversely associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms.
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