Vaccination Attitude and Communication in Early Settings: An Exploratory Study

Mereu, Noemi Maria; Mereu, Alessandra; Murgia, Alessandra; Liori, Arianna; Piga, M.; Argiolas, F; Salis, Graziella; Santus, Simonetta; Porcu, Carmela; Contu, Paolo; Sardu, Claudia

doi:10.3390/vaccines8040701

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“…Similar findings from a recent study in Sudan [40] showed that pregnant women with low confidence towards vaccination were more likely to be involved in searching for additional vaccine information. Vaccination-related decisions of pregnant women in Italy were also found to be influenced by their exposure to information about vaccines [25].…”

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“…Recent findings underscore that lower vaccination coverage was more common among people with higher socioeconomic status in 10 upper-middle-income countries [16]. In LMICs, however, low uptake of childhood vaccination is associated with different determinants, including the behavioral and social factors of parents [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Determinants of vaccine hesitancy are not yet well understood. This study aims to assess measles vaccine hesitancy and characterize its determinants among Sudanese parents in Omdurman in Khartoum State. A community-based cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted in Khartoum State in February 2019. The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination (PACV) was used to measure measles vaccine hesitancy. Questions about the sociodemographic characteristics of the family, the perception of the parents about the measles vaccine, and the parental exposure to information were asked. Proportions of vaccine hesitancy and coefficients of linear regression were computed. Five hundred parents were recruited for the study. We found that a significant proportion of participants (about 1 in 5 parents) had hesitations regarding the measles vaccine. Significant predictors of measles vaccine hesitancy were parental exposure to anti-vaccination information or materials (β = −0.478, p-value < 0.001), the parents’ perception of the effectiveness of measles vaccines (β = 0.093, p-value = 0.020), the age of the mother (β = 0.112, p-value = 0.017), the birth rank of the child (β = −0.116, p-value = 0.015), and the total number of the children in the family (β = 0.098, p-value = 0.013). Vaccination access issues were the common justification for parental vaccination hesitancy. Our findings indicate that investment in vaccine communication as well as addressing access issues might be an effective intervention for improving measles vaccine acceptance and, ultimately, measles vaccine coverage.

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Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study

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“…Consequently, the only way to reach the minimum rate of vaccine uptake is to implement something like an informed consent procedure. In case of vaccination, parents, and especially mothers, are the first target as far as all the information about vaccine diffusion is concerned [ 32 , 33 , 34 ].…”

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“…This sounded like replacing wrong elements with new information, rather than simply refuting incorrect beliefs. Although this communication strategy resembles psychological terrorism, it has been proven that similar strategies are effective in other campaigns of health promotion, for instance against smoking cigarettes and driving cars under the influence of alcohol [ 32 ].…”

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The Model of “Informed Refusal” for Vaccination: How to Fight against Anti-Vaccinationist Misinformation without Disregarding the Principle of Self-Determination

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Vaccines are arguably a public health success story as well as an incredibly cost-effective medical resource. Despite this, worldwide concerns about their safety are growing, with the risk of increased morbidity and mortality in vaccine-preventable diseases because of vaccine refusal. The global political trend in developed countries is to increasingly reduce mandates and the compulsory nature of vaccination programs. This is due to strong opposition from anti-vaccination movements and groups. While these have existed since the beginnings of vaccinology, they have recently gained a strong foothold through massive exploitation of the media and especially the internet. This has led to widespread misinformation and greater difficulty for governments and health institutions in dealing with parents’ concerns and misconceptions. Common strategies in order to maintain a high degree of public acceptance of vaccines include the enhancement of adverse effect reporting systems, the enrichment of scientific literature, and the dissemination of targeted information to parents and health care providers. Vaccine risk perception, in fact, largely exceeds the evidence and is linked to well-known general population cognitive bias, which must be recognized and corrected. Although there is no doubt about the convenience of universal vaccination, a lively international debate is underway with regard to the legitimacy of mandatory vaccination programs. Most scientists agree that the individual’s right to self-determination should be preserved. The only way to simultaneously protect the right to health is to introduce an informed refusal model, which aims to guarantee the highest coverage rates for vaccination.

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“…The eradication of smallpox, the nearly global eradication of polio, and a substantial decrease within the morbidity and mortality related to other infectious diseases has been made possible with the evolution of vaccines. 1 Since 2013, the World Economic Forum has listed digital misinformation among the most threats to our society. WHO defines vaccine hesitancy as a "delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccination services."…”

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Beneficial or an unknown risk: Immunization hesitancy in Indian population

Kaur¹,

Gera²

2021

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The most victorious intervention in field of Public Health is immunization. It prevents 2-3 million deaths every year from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, influenza, measles and currently to overcome the novel corona virus infection an effective vaccine is the most anticipated resolution. Despite the advancements and innovations in clinical research and healthcare, vaccine hesitancy is a threat globally. Social media has provided unmatched capacity for people to communicate but has also been a major tool for rapid spread of misconceptions and disingenuous information damaging to public health. This article aims to give an overview of vaccine hesitancy of various infectious diseases, people’s perception towards it, how social media has facilitated this movement and how to eliminate the misconception.

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Vaccination Attitude and Communication in Early Settings: An Exploratory Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Determinants of Measles Vaccine Hesitancy among Sudanese Parents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Model of “Informed Refusal” for Vaccination: How to Fight against Anti-Vaccinationist Misinformation without Disregarding the Principle of Self-Determination

Beneficial or an unknown risk: Immunization hesitancy in Indian population

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