TY - JOUR AU - Villani, E.R. AU - Colloca, G. AU - Valente, S. AU - Bernabei, R. PY - 2017/09/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Vaccination among the elderly: European state of art and the need for a culture shift JF - JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS JA - Gerontology and Geriatrics VL - 65 IS - 3 SE - Clinical Geriatrics - Reviews DO - UR - https://www.jgerontology-geriatrics.com/article/view/135 SP - 150-160 AB - Background. Since the development of the first vaccine, immunization has been shown to be one of the mosteffective public health measures to prevent diseases. Vaccination policy is currently mainly focused on theyoung (aged below 18), to some extent the old (aged above 65) but, in contrast to childhood immunizationprograms, adult vaccination is not considered to be a routine health intervention.Methods. A PubMed research was performed using elderly and vaccination policy as key words.Conclusions. Vaccination in adults remains an underused public health strategy in the promotion of healthyageing, and adult vaccination rates are still far below the target. Influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia andpneumococcal invasive disease, pertussis and even HZV (because of a high incidence of post-herpetic neuralgiaamong the elderly) have been highlighted as the most important diseases for which is important to lookafter immunization strategies due to their burden related to deaths or disabilities. Investing € 1 in adult immunization can generate over € 4 of future economic revenue for government. ER -