Childhood vaccination insights Understanding the barriers to vaccine uptake among children in Australia National Vaccination Insights project Main navigation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander immunisation Australian Immunisation Handbook AusVaxSafety Clinical research COSSI COVID-19 Disease surveillance and epidemiology Education and training National Vaccination Insights project Childhood vaccination insights Adult vaccination insights New South Wales Immunisation Specialist Service (NSWISS) Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) PHN Immunisation Support program Population health Program evaluation Regional and global collaborations Research to inform policy Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI) Serosurveillance Social science in immunisation Vaccine coverage Vaccine safety National Vaccination Insights project Main navigation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander immunisation Australian Immunisation Handbook AusVaxSafety Clinical research COSSI COVID-19 Disease surveillance and epidemiology Education and training National Vaccination Insights project Childhood vaccination insights Adult vaccination insights New South Wales Immunisation Specialist Service (NSWISS) Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) PHN Immunisation Support program Population health Program evaluation Regional and global collaborations Research to inform policy Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI) Serosurveillance Social science in immunisation Vaccine coverage Vaccine safety Social science researchers from the National Vaccination Insights project have conducted a nationally representative survey to understand the barriers to uptake of National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines among children less than 5 years of age. The survey used the Vaccine Barriers Assessment Tool (VBAT), which was specifically developed to identify drivers of under-vaccination in children aged under 5 years in Australia.Survey findings were presented and discussed in a strategy workshop with an immunisation stakeholder advisory group – comprising members representing policy, provider and community settings – with the aim of selecting and contextualising evidence-based strategies to address key barriers to vaccination. Preliminary findings were presented at the NCIRS webinar 'Falling childhood vaccination rates: current context and future strategies'.A full report that includes findings from both the survey and the strategy workshop will be released in the coming months. A qualitative interview study with parents of children aged under 5 years is being undertaken to further understand barriers to NIP vaccination identified in the survey. Results are expected in 2025.Another, shorter report focusing on results from a national survey to understand barriers to influenza vaccination in children is expected to be released in 2025. About the project News & events News | 08 November 2024 Expressions of interest now open: join NCIRS’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group News | 28 October 2024 Ongoing decline in childhood immunisation rates sparks concerns News | 27 September 2024 Access now: new NCIRS poster on clinically correct administration of childhood vaccines News | 26 September 2024 Funding success to enable continued regional immunisation support and engagement 233 views