Knowledge and attitudes on pediatric vaccinations and intention to vaccinate in a sample of pregnant women from the City of Rome

Factors associated with hindering the acceptance of HPV vaccination among caregivers - A cross-sectional study in Argentina

“…Our results showed an intention to vaccinate against HPV of 59%. Similar findings were also reported from Italy, with the intention to vaccinate with HPV was 61.8% [31]. A positive attitude towards HPV vaccine and positive subjective norm were the most influential predictors associated with caregivers' intention to vaccinate against HPV.…”

Factors affecting the vaccination choices of pregnant women for their children: a systematic review of the literature

“…Weiner et al 31 found that knowledge of vaccines was generally high, with percentages of agreement over 73% for most items, with two exceptions: about one third (36%) of expectant mothers did not agree that "A baby's immune system can handle several vaccines at one doctor's visit", and about a quarter (23.5%) did not agree that "Scientific studies and reviews show no relationship between vaccines and autism". Conversely, Rosso et al 43 found that knowledge of vaccine safety and efficacy in their sample of pregnant women was quite low: on average, women correctly responded to approximately half of the questions, with 5.5% not responding correctly to any of the statements included in the questionnaire. The authors pointed out that there was a high level of uncertainty about the proposed statements on vaccine safety and efficacy, with rates of "I don't know" responses ranging from 20.3% to 57.7%.…”

“…We retrieved a total of 6,277 studies. After removal of duplicates and screening of titles and abstracts, 22 full texts remained, of which 16 were included in the narrative synthesis [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] (see Figure 1). The main features of the included studies are summarized in Table 1.…”

“…44 We also included a cohort study aimed at exploring changes in attitudes toward vaccination over time, during pregnancy and 3, 6 and 14 months after childbirth. 43 Two studies focused on two specific vaccines, one against HPV 30 and one against rotavirus, 31 while all the others assessed childhood vaccinations in general. All studies were conducted in western nations, with the exception of one conducted in Japan 32 and one in Malaysia.…”

“…Of the other studies, only three had validated their questionnaire with a pilot study prior to its use. 31,32,43 Most quantitative studies were of moderate quality (see Table 2), but two were rated low quality. 32,44 The qualitative study by Dubé et al 34 fulfilled the criteria of validity, relevance and quality of the results presented.…”