Adolescent athletes have varying vaccination coverage, with particularly low rates for Men B and specific gaps in water sports participants, highlighting areas for targeted public health interventions.
Highlights vaccination gaps by sport and comorbidity in adolescent athletes; hypothesis-generating and leaves open optimal targeted strategies.
< .05). Our study reveals that among adolescent athletes, vaccination coverage rate was the highest for MMR and the lowest for Men B at about 8.7%. While no significant sex-based differences were observed across different vaccines types, athletes participating in water sports presented lower odds for receiving MenACWY vaccination. Nearly one-fifth of athletes reported comorbidities, with these individuals showing significantly higher influenza vaccination rates.
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