Parent Attitudes Toward Immunizations and Healthcare Providers

Gust, Deborah A.; Kennedy, Allison; Shui, Irene M.; Smith, Philip J.; Nowak, Glen; Pickering, Larry K.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2005.04.010

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“…This paradox places the vaccine program in a vulnerable situation: parents lack factual information to guide their decision-making when controversies or questions arise. Parents who feel that they lack adequate access to information about vaccination are more likely to have negative attitudes to vaccination, and improved understanding of immunization is postulated to lead parents to seek vaccinations for their children [24]. Healthcare providers and public health programs will need to provide parents with knowledge about vaccination as well as build trusting relationships.…”

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“…Despite the fact that these providers have the ability to influence a child's immunization status, [15,[19][20][21] and that many parents rely on immunization information from their physicians, pediatricians spend only 1.9 min per visit discussing vaccinations and only 5% of families read vaccine information materials that are provided [22,23]. It is not surprising that only 67% of parents report they have access to enough information to make a decision about immunizing their children [24].…”

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Postpartum Mothers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Trust Regarding Vaccination

Wisler-Sher

Griswold

et al. 2007

Matern Child Health J

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Objective-To examine attitudes and knowledge about vaccinations in postpartum mothers.Methods-This cross-sectional study collected data via written survey to postpartum mothers in a large teaching hospital in Connecticut. We used multivariable analysis to identify mothers who were less trusting with regard to vaccines.Results-Of 228 mothers who participated in the study, 29% of mothers worried about vaccinating their infants: 23% were worried the vaccines would not work, 11% were worried the doctor would give the wrong vaccine, and 8% worried that "they" are experimenting when they give vaccines. Mothers reported that the most important reasons to vaccinate were to prevent disease in the baby (74%) and in society (11%). Knowledge about vaccination was poor; e.g., 33% correctly matched chicken pox with varicella vaccine. Mothers who were planning to breastfeed (P = .01), were primiparous (P = .01), or had an income <$40,000 but did not receive support from

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Postpartum Mothers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Trust Regarding Vaccination

Wisler-Sher

Griswold

et al. 2007

Matern Child Health J

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“…In general, studies have shown that parents who believe that they personally have a lack of knowledge regarding vaccines are more likely to have negative attitudes regarding immunization. 11 It is likely that physicians also would benefit from such information in their efforts to discuss vaccine safety with the parents of their patients. This is especially important, because our data clearly support the notion that physicians are a frequent and well-trusted source of immunization information.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns in 2009

Freed¹,

Clark²,

Butchart³

et al. 2010

Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVE: Vaccine safety concerns can diminish parents' willingness to vaccinate their children. The objective of this study was to characterize the current prevalence of parental vaccine refusal and specific vaccine safety concerns and to determine whether such concerns were more common in specific population groups. METHODS: In January 2009, as part of a larger study of parents and nonparents, 2521 online surveys were sent to a nationally representative sample of parents of children who were aged ≤17 years. The main outcome measures were parental opinions on vaccine safety and whether the parent had ever refused a vaccine that a doctor recommended for his or her child. RESULTS: The response rate was 62%. Most parents agreed that vaccines protect their child(ren) from diseases; however, more than half of the respondents also expressed concerns regarding serious adverse effects. Overall, 11.5% of the parents had refused at least 1 recommended vaccine. Women were more likely to be concerned about serious adverse effects, to believe that some vaccines cause autism, and to have ever refused a vaccine for their child(ren). Hispanic parents were more likely than white or black parents to report that they generally follow their doctor's recommendations about vaccines for their children and less likely to have ever refused a vaccine. Hispanic parents were also more likely to be concerned about serious adverse effects of vaccines and to believe that some vaccines cause autism. CONCLUSIONS: Although parents overwhelmingly share the belief that vaccines are a good way to protect their children from disease, these same parents express concerns regarding the potential adverse effects and especially seem to question the safety of newer vaccines. Although information is available to address many vaccine safety concerns, such information is not reaching many parents in an effective or convincing manner.

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“…Health care providers are a significant resource to parents regarding the efficacy and safety of vaccines [6,7]. However, there is a paucity of Canadian research about physician attitudes and practice patterns since the approval of the HPV vaccine and the publication of recommendations about its use.…”

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“…The vaccine should only be administered to individuals with many sexual partners* 6.6 (4) 12.8 (6) Vaccination against HPV promotes promiscuity † 0.00 (0) 6.4 (3)…”

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The Perceived Role of Physicians with Regard to the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Wadi¹,

Poliquin²,

Poliquin³

et al. 2014

J Women's Health Care

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Pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists, and family practitioners were surveyed about knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns regarding the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in the context of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendation for immunizing girls aged 9 to 13 years and the initiation of school-based HPV vaccination program in the province of Manitoba. Knowledge scores were highest amongst obstetrician-gynecologists and female physicians. Pediatricians were more likely to recommend the vaccine to all eligible patients and were more likely to attempt to persuade those reluctant to be vaccinated. Female physicians were more likely to educate routinely about the HPV vaccine. Better knowledge about HPV is associated with increased likelihood to educate routinely about the vaccine, but counseling for vaccination in general is likely a knowledge gap for non-pediatricians.

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Parent Attitudes Toward Immunizations and Healthcare Providers

Cited by 179 publications

References 16 publications

Postpartum Mothers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Trust Regarding Vaccination

Postpartum Mothers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Trust Regarding Vaccination

Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns in 2009

The Perceived Role of Physicians with Regard to the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

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