Education Level and Attitudes to Vaccination in the General Population: An Analysis of Representative Surveys Conducted by the German Federal Centre for Health Education, 2012 to 2018

Lengerke, Thomas von; Helmer, Stefanie M.; Tomsic, Ivonne; Pischke, Claudia R.; Wegwarth, Odette; Kendel, Friederike; Härter, Martin

doi:10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0134

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“…Here, the March/April 2021 COVIMO surveys17 of general vaccination readiness (72.6%) and mRNA-specific vaccines (74.5%) in the general population show similar vaccination attitudes to those of the SeMaCo study. The influence of educational level on attitudes towards vaccination has been described previously in various studies18 19 and reports 20 21. For a certain infection prevention, but in particular for the mitigation of the clinical course of the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have proven to be reliable.…”

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“…The influence of educational level on attitudes towards vaccination has been described previously in various studies 18 19 and reports. 20 21 For a certain infection prevention, but in particular for the mitigation of the clinical course of the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have proven to be reliable. Therefore, socially equitable distribution as well as equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines should be a main policy goal.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cohort profile: a longitudinal regional cohort study to assess COVID-19 seroprevalence in blood donors – baseline characteristics of the SeMaCo study participants

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PurposeThe SeMaCo study (Serologische Untersuchungen bei Blutspendern des Großraums Magdeburg auf Antikörper gegen SARS-CoV-2), a prospective, longitudinal cohort study with four survey phases spanning 3–5 months each over a period of 22 months, extends the spectrum of seroepidemiological studies in Germany. We present here a careful characterisation of the initial survey phase of the cohort to provide baseline data on infection incidence and obtained from questionnaires, focussing in particular on the attitude towards COVID-19 vaccinations, the vaccination success and the vaccination acceptance.ParticipantsA total of 2195 individual blood donors from the donor pool of the blood donation service of the University Hospital Magdeburg were enrolled in the initial survey phase from 20 January 2021 to 30 April 2021. 2138 participants gave sociodemographic/contact data (51.7% male, mean age 44 years) and 2082 participants answered the vaccination questionnaire.Findings to dateOut of 2195 participants with antibody results, 1909 (87.0%) were antibody negative. The remaining 286 subjects (13.0%) were either antibody-positive and vaccinated (160/286; 55.9%) or antibody-positive without vaccination information (17/286; 5.9%) or antibody-positive and unvaccinated (109/286; 38.1%). The latter result reflects the rate of true or highly probable SARS-CoV-2 infections in our initial study cohort.Future plansThe study primarily aims to measure the prevalence and long-term kinetics of IgG-antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Including the baseline, the study foresees four survey periods of 3–4 months each. At each visit, we will assess the blood donors’ attitude towards vaccination, the antibody response following vaccination and/or infection, as well as undesired vaccination effects. We aim to test the same participants during the survey periods by repeated invitations for blood donation to ensure a long-term (follow-up) in as many study participants as possible. After the four survey phases, a longitudinal data set will be created that reflects the course of the antibody levels/frequencies as well as the infection and vaccination incidence.Trial registration numberDRKS00023263.

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Cohort profile: a longitudinal regional cohort study to assess COVID-19 seroprevalence in blood donors – baseline characteristics of the SeMaCo study participants

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“…In this study, further dissection of the factors associated with MR vaccine acceptance showed that individuals with postgraduate education exhibited lower scores in the behavior construct of PACV. This observation may suggest that higher levels of education might lead to more cautious attitudes towards vaccination, despite the difficulty to establish causality of this correlation [70]. However, further studies are needed to investigate this finding due to contradictory results in the literature on hesitancy towards childhood vaccination in association with parental education [71][72][73].…”

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Pervasive Parental Hesitancy and Resistance towards Measles Rubella Vaccination in Jordan

Barakat,

Abdaljaleel,

Atawneh

et al. 2023

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Measles remains a highly contagious and potentially severe infectious disease, necessitating high vaccine coverage. However, misinformation and measles vaccine hesitancy/resistance have posed significant challenges to achieving this goal. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these challenges, leading to a measles outbreak in Jordan in 2023. This study aimed to investigate the acceptance of the measles rubella (MR) vaccine among parents in Jordan and to identify its associated determinants. This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted using a previously Arabic-validated version of the Parental Attitudes towards Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey instrument. Data collection took place in October 2023, and the final study sample comprised a total of 391 parents, with mothers representing 69.8% of the participants (n = 273). The majority of participating parents expressed either resistance (n = 169, 43.2%) or hesitancy (n = 168, 43.0%) towards MR vaccination, while only 54 participants (13.8%) expressed MR vaccine acceptance. Multivariate analysis revealed that trust in vaccine safety/efficacy, behavior, and having fewer offspring were significantly associated with MR vaccine acceptance. The current study revealed a concerning level of MR vaccine hesitancy/resistance among parents in Jordan, which could signal a public health alarm in the country. Urgent and targeted interventions are strongly recommended to address this issue, including mass campaigns aimed at building trust in the MR vaccine’s safety/efficacy. Additionally, there is an urgent need for effective public health initiatives to ensure sufficient measles vaccine coverage to prevent future outbreaks of this serious disease.

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“…All the covariates were centered around zero. The choice of covariates was based on evidence in the literature of the influence of sociodemographic variables on vaccination acceptance (Kini et al, 2022; von Lengerke et al, 2021) and about the effect of vaccination attitudes on intention (Lehmann et al, 2014).…”

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Herd immunity versus self-interest motives and norms effects on influenza vaccination intention.

Moussaoui,

Heiser,

Desrichard

2024

Health Psychology

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Education Level and Attitudes to Vaccination in the General Population: An Analysis of Representative Surveys Conducted by the German Federal Centre for Health Education, 2012 to 2018

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Cohort profile: a longitudinal regional cohort study to assess COVID-19 seroprevalence in blood donors – baseline characteristics of the SeMaCo study participants

Cohort profile: a longitudinal regional cohort study to assess COVID-19 seroprevalence in blood donors – baseline characteristics of the SeMaCo study participants

Pervasive Parental Hesitancy and Resistance towards Measles Rubella Vaccination in Jordan

Herd immunity versus self-interest motives and norms effects on influenza vaccination intention.

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