Childhood Immunisations
The campaign supports efforts to increase uptake of childhood immunisations among children under 5 years of age and highlight the serious risk childhood diseases can pose if children aren’t vaccinated.
Vaccine uptake levels have been falling over the past decade, with fewer children having a full course of vaccinations year on year. This has led to an increase in cases of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Childhood immunisations
Campaign start date: 26 August 2024
Campaign end date: 4 October 2024
Overview
The campaign aims to raise awareness of this and improve the childhood immunisation uptake rates across England.
This campaign aims to:
- Increasing parents’ intention to take up childhood vaccines
- Increasing parents’ understanding of the need and value of vaccination, including the risks of not being vaccinated
- Increasing parents’ knowledge of what vaccines children need, when and number of doses
- Increasing parents’ confidence in the efficacy of childhood vaccines
The target audiences for the campaign are:
- Parents and carers/guardians of children under 5 to raise awareness and build trust around vaccination, with a focus on parents/carers of children who have missed, or will miss, one or more vaccines by the age of 5.
- Parents and carers/guardians of children aged 1-4 to encourage the uptake of vaccines at one and the pre-school booster at 3 years 4 months.
- Parents from underserved/ethnic minority groups where vaccine uptake is lowest.
Target audience: Healthcare professionals, parents, adults
Usage expiry: Assets can be used until 3rd March 2025.
Published: 3 September 2024