Misperceptions About Influenza Vaccination Among Parents of Healthy Young Children

Daley, Matthew F.; Crane, Lori A.; Chandramouli, Vijayalaxmi; Beaty, Brenda; Barrow, Jennifer; Allred, Norma J.; Berman, Stephen; Kempe, Allison

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“…The decrease in vaccine coverage rate of whole cell pertussis vaccine in Japan due to concerns about encephalopathy, low MMR acceptance rates due to rumors about autism, and low uptake of hepatitis B vaccines containing thiomersal are well-known examples, some of which even led to outbreaks [15,20,23,27]. The same association between parental fears and low uptake of seasonal inluenza vaccine is also shown [1,8].…”

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“…Many of them searched intention to get the vaccine before vaccines were available and found that perception of the public about the severity of the pandemic or the disease, the cultural characteristics of eastern and western societies, different media coverages of pandemic vaccines according to political leanings of media groups, concerns about vaccine safety, health provider characteristics, or not receiving seasonal influenza vaccine had an effect on low vaccine coverage rates [10,18,26]. Most of those studies also emphasized that whether intention to get the vaccine would translate to behavior was not known then [8]. Recently, a limited number of studies have been published on parental attitudes towards pandemic vaccines when the vaccines were readily available [25,37].…”

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Factors associated with parental acceptance and refusal of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in Turkey

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The objective of this study was to investigate the parents' attitudes towards and identify the possible factors associated with pandemic H1N1 vaccine uptake that was recommended to children between 6 months and 5 years of age. A questionnaire exploring the attitudes of parents to H1N1 vaccine was given to parents of children 6 through 60 months of age attending to Akdeniz and Gazi University Hospitals' well-child departments between 15 November 2009 and 15 January 2010. The questionnaire included questions on demographic characteristics, parental perception of the severity of the pandemic, the presence of anyone in their environment who suffered from pandemic influenza, their decision on whether or not to vaccinate their child, the factors that influenced them during decision-making process and possible factors that might have influenced the opponents of their decision. Those who accepted to get their children vaccinated got it immediately, free of charge. Out of 611 parents who responded the questionnaire 226 (36.7%) had their children vaccinated. Parental education period of less than 12 years, not being a close relative of a health care worker, not having a relative who suffered from the disease, having a child younger than 36 months, being influenced by the relatives' opinions or from the politicians or from the media all decreased vaccine acceptance. Factors that were most significantly associated with vaccine refusal were thinking that the pandemic was exaggerated (OR 9.44, 95% CI 4.28-20.82) and believing that other preventive measures were more effective than H1N1 vaccine (OR 15.61, 95% CI 7.37-33.08). Lessons learned from influenza H1N1/2009 pandemic may help national authorities, health care providers and media on how to keep the public well informed and find ways of better risk-benefit communication with the parents on vaccines.

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Factors associated with parental acceptance and refusal of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in Turkey

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“…Families declare that "too much vaccination" is performed on their children, that these cause the immune system to attenuate and influenza vaccine even "causes" the disease itself (25). In adult diabetics, fear of adverse-effects is among the least common reasons but it increases to be more common in children (29)(30)(31). The rates of fear of adverse-effects are between 8.9-18.8% in different studies (11,21).…”

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The Rate of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Diabetic Children, the Effect of Recommendation and the Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Recommendation: An Interventional Study

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Objective: To investigate the vaccination rate of influenza in diabetic children and the effect of recommendation and other factors on vaccination rate.Material and Methods: On July 2011, 144 diabetic children and their families were informed about and were recommended to receive the influenza vaccine every year, in September. On December 2011, parents were questioned about the vaccination.Results: Influenza vaccination rate of the previous season (28.3%) increased to 50.0% (p<0.05). Receiving the vaccine in 2010 was the only contributing factor to the recommendation success. The reasons given by the non-receivers were; forgetting (50.0%), fear of adverse-effects (26.4%), not believing in usefulness (15.2%), rejection by the child (4.2%) and effects of media (4.2%). 88.9% of those who forgot declared that they would receive if they were reminded at the beginning of the season. Conclusion:The rate of influenza vaccination was low. The majority of those who didn't recieve the vaccination declared that they would if they were reminded at the beginning of the season and the fact that "receiving the vaccine in 2010" was the only factor influencing the recommendation success indicate that recommending isn't enough but that reminding and giving detailed information about the vaccine will increase vaccination rates independent of other factors.

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“…25 Questions were adapted from existing surveys assessing related concepts because previous questionnaires did not assess attitudes and beliefs toward 2009 H1N1 influenza. [26][27][28][29] Measures. Vaccination uptake.…”

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Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine uptake, predictors of vaccination, and self-reported barriers to vaccination among secondary school teachers and staff

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Misperceptions About Influenza Vaccination Among Parents of Healthy Young Children

Cited by 75 publications

References 33 publications

Factors associated with parental acceptance and refusal of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in Turkey

Factors associated with parental acceptance and refusal of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in Turkey

The Rate of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Diabetic Children, the Effect of Recommendation and the Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Recommendation: An Interventional Study

Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine uptake, predictors of vaccination, and self-reported barriers to vaccination among secondary school teachers and staff

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