Parental Hesitation in Immunizing Children in Utah

Luthy, Karlen E.; Beckstrand, Renea L.; Callister, Lynn Clark

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00823.x

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“…17 Vaccine refusals and delays are a threat to herd immunity, 23 and there is evidence to suggest that parents are unaware of how immunization results in protection. 16 Research concerning pediatric vaccine acceptance has evaluated vaccine hesitancy among parents [24][25][26][27] and strategies for increasing vaccine acceptance. One pilot study evaluated the impact of tailored messages to address specific concerns contributing to vaccine hesitancy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Vaccine Message Framing and Parents’ Intent to Immunize Their Infants for MMR

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Emphasizing societal benefits of vaccines has been linked to increased vaccination intentions in adults. It is unclear if this pattern holds for parents deciding whether to vaccinate their children. The objective was to determine whether emphasizing the benefits of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination directly to the vaccine recipient or to society differentially impacts parents' vaccine intentions for their infants. METHODS: In a national online survey, parents (N = 802) of infants <12 months old were randomly assigned to receive 1 of 4 MMR vaccine messages: (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Information Statement (VIS), (2) VIS and information emphasizing the MMR vaccine's benefits to the child, (3) VIS and information emphasizing societal benefits, or (4) VIS and information emphasizing benefits both to the child and society. Parents reported their likelihood of vaccinating their infants for MMR on a response scale of 0 (extremely unlikely) to 100 (extremely likely). RESULTS: Compared with the VIS-only group (mean intention = 86.3), parents reported increased vaccine intentions for their infants when receiving additional information emphasizing the MMR vaccine’s benefits either directly to the child (mean intention = 91.6, P = .01) or to both the child and society (mean intention = 90.8, P = .03). Emphasizing the MMR vaccine’s benefits only to society did not increase intentions (mean intention = 86.4, P = .97). CONCLUSIONS: We did not see increases in parents’ MMR vaccine intentions for their infants when societal benefits were emphasized without mention of benefits directly to the child. This finding suggests that providers should emphasize benefits directly to the child. Mentioning societal benefits seems to neither add value to, nor interfere with, information highlighting benefits directly to the child.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vaccine Message Framing and Parents’ Intent to Immunize Their Infants for MMR

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“…20 For VHPs, barriers to vaccination have been well described, 13,18,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] and most barriers are centered on concerns about vaccine safety. Surveys or interviews conducted with VHPs have found that VHPs are more likely to state that vaccines are not safe.…”

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What are the factors that contribute to parental vaccine-hesitancy and what can we do about it?

Williams

2014

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…The success of routine immunization programs has resulted in decreased incidences of many VPDs in the United States, prompting some parents to turn their concern from the consequences of diseases to the risks of vaccines themselves (Luthy et al, 2010). A recent study found that 8% of parents believed it was better for the child to get the disease naturally rather than receive an immunization for protection (Rogers, 2014).…”

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“…Common themes of parental vaccine hesitancy emerged from the literature: (a) lack of perceived need for vaccines, (b) safety of vaccines, (c) lack of trust in health care providers and government, (d) perceived lack of involvement in the decision-making process, (e) vaccines and autism, (f) immune system overload, (g) lack of adequate time and resources, and (h) religious objections to vaccines (Luthy, Beckstrand, & Callister, 2010;Rogers, 2014;Smith & Marshall, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%