Impacts of Declining Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose on Future Immunization Uptake.
The accelerating decline in HepB birth dose administration in RI is an early warning sign of eroding vaccine confidence and adherence. Coordinated, cross-sector interventions linking public health, prenatal, and pediatric care are urgently needed to reverse this trend and sustain high early childhood immunization coverage.
Authors
- Lisa M. Gargano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1834-5317)
- Dora Dumont
Institutions
- Rhode Island Department of Health (US)
- Providence College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00