OHSU researchers confirm association between parent, child vaccination status

As public health officials urge vaccinations ahead of severe flu season, findings suggest strategy to increase childhood vaccination could be to first target parent vaccination

By Nicole Rideout November 07, 2022 Portland, Oregon

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Heather Angier, M.P.H. (OHSU)

OHSU Doernbecher kids' vaccine clinic

Zachary Lee, 13 months, of Portland, receives a COVID-19 vaccine as dad, Denny Lie, and mom, Tzu-Hsueh Huang, comfort him on June 25, 2022, at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. An OHSU study shows children with a parent that received a flu vaccine were nearly twice as likely to be fully vaccinated by age 2. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)