A study in BMCPregnancyChildbirth finds First Nations Australian families, those from remote areas or lower socio-economic backgrounds did not receive suggested vaccines during pregnancy. The authors urge the Australian healthcare system to address this.
We would like to acknowledge Associate Investigator Heather D’Antoine for her guidance and governance for the First Nations data. In Queensland, we would like to thank the Linkages Services Branch at Queensland Health and Data Custodians for the Perinatal and Immunisation Data collections, and thank the Data Management team from the Royal Brisbane Women’s and Newborn Service for providing antenatal vaccination clinical audit data.
LMc was funded through a University of Queensland Early Career Research Fellowship. AKR was supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship . HCM was supported by a Stan Perron Charitable Foundation People Fellowship. CCB was supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship and NHMRC Investigator award . MJB was supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and NHMRC funded Hot North - Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North – Fellowship .
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