Low vaccination coverage levels in the Brazilian population and associated factors: a scoping review
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2025.87682Keywords:
Public Health, Immunization, Vaccination, Vaccination Coverage, Risk FactorsAbstract
Objective: to investigate diverse evidence about the factors associated with the low vaccination coverage levels recorded in the Brazilian population. Method: a scoping review conducted in 2024 according to the Joanna Briggs Institute recommendations in the following databases: Medline, LILACS, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Scopus. Results: in addition to individual health conditions such as smoking habit, depressive symptoms and physical activity, maternal health conditions such as multiparity or incomplete pre-natal care and vaccination, teenage mothers, smoking mothers, unintended pregnancies and conditions inherent to the services such as access to health professionals, health units in the neighborhood and availability, socioeconomic factors such as income, age, schooling, number of children living in the same house and marital status were associated with the vaccination coverage rates. Final considerations: the factors associated with the low vaccination coverage levels are complex and multifactorial, with the potential to undergo temporary transformations and requiring joined strategies from health authorities and professionals to monitor and mitigate the phenomenon.
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