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Our retrospective database study aimed to evaluate the effect of aligning childhood influenza vaccination to coincide with specific well-visits in the primary care setting. Methods: A retrospective interrupted time series study was conducted on two cohorts of children aged 6 to 12 months (n = 10,082 before, and n = 9234 after). The delivery schedule was aligned with routine touchpoints to administer Dose 1 of the influenza vaccine at the 6-month well-visit and Dose 2 at the 7-month visit. Results: Dose 1 influenza vaccination rates increased from 4.7% before the intervention to 73.7% after the intervention. The proportion of children who completed two doses of the influenza vaccines increased from 3.6% to 62%. Median age at Dose 1 influenza vaccine, and completion of two doses of influenza vaccine decreased from 8.7 to 7.6 months and 9.9 to 7.7 months, respectively. Conclusions: Aligning influenza vaccination with specific well-visits substantially improves uptake, completion rates, and timeliness of vaccination, demonstrating a scalable system-level strategy to enhance immunization coverage in primary care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines14060469","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,25]],"date-time":"2026-05-25T11:57:44Z","timestamp":1779710264000},"page":"469","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Effect of Aligning Childhood Influenza Vaccination with Specific Well-Visits in a Primary Care Institution in Singapore"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1261-5980","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ziying","family":"Goh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi Ling Eileen","family":"Koh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wai Keong","family":"Aau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5946-1149","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ngiap Chuan","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"},{"name":"Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation, SingHealth Regional Health System, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8320-1603","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chirk Jenn","family":"Ng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"},{"name":"Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation, SingHealth Regional Health System, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9625-2776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chung Wai Mark","family":"Ng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SingHealth Polyclinics, Singapore 150167, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e497","DOI":"10.1016\/S2214-109X(19)30545-5","article-title":"Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: A systematic review and modelling study","volume":"8","author":"Wang","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet Glob. 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