Parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward childhood vaccinations, in Saudi Arabia, 2019

Alsalhi, Waleed; Alqurashi, Mansour; Albarghawi, Fatemah; AlMuhanna, Fatimah; Alahmari, Alhanouf; Aldhban, Abdullah; Alshehri, Hamdan; AlJaloud, Turki; Albalawi, Ghadah

doi:10.24911/ijmdc.51-1578242191

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“…In this study, the school has played a major role in spreading the knowledge about measles rather than media as observed in other reports [13]. However, only 37% of the population knew that measles is a viral disease.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Many parents preferred not to vaccinate their children due to false vaccine contraindications [10]. However, the knowledge, attitude and practices towards immunization have been very positive among the Saudi parents [11,12] and were associated to gender, age, residence and personal opinion [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, 20% of the population still thinks that the services are not adequate or poor. In one study, 93% of population felt that MOH in Saudi Arabia should conduct more health campaigns about benefits and risks of vaccinations and 78% said that these health campaigns and programs changed their perspective and idea about vaccination [13]. In another study in Hai'l, 92% are in favour of health campaigns by the authorities in KSA [7].…”

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Awareness and Attitude towards the Measles Vaccination in Hai’l Region of Saudi Arabia

Kundur

Itumalla

Unnisa

2021

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Aims: To present the awareness and attitude towards measles vaccination among the population of Hai’l region in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional electronic survey was conducted from October 2019 to January 2020 and received 469 samples from the residents of the Hai’l province. The convenient sampling technique was used to collect data through questionnaire sent by emails to participants. Results: The prevalence of measles in Hai’l region was 7.8% and 96.1% of the population has been vaccinated. About 46% of the population did not know what caused measles, whereas, 37% knew it was a viral disease. About 85.5% believed vaccination is best method to prevent measles and 45.5% of population think that vaccine is the treatment for measles. And, 64.6% think the agencies do good work in promoting measles awareness. Conclusion: The prevalence of measles in Hai’l province of Saudi Arabia is low with almost all vaccinated. The knowledge and awareness about measles is adequate. The study suggests that the surveillance, monitoring as well as educational and awareness programs needs more attention.

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Awareness and Attitude towards the Measles Vaccination in Hai’l Region of Saudi Arabia

Kundur

Itumalla

Unnisa

2021

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“…In a study done in Saudi Arabia the majority of parents (38.6%) were aged 26 to 35 years and 36% were aged 36 -40 years [9]. In a similar study done in Medina in Saudi Arabia the majority of parents (43.3%) were aged 31 -40 years followed by 40.4% aged 20 -30 years [10].…”

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“…In a study done in Medina region in Saudi Arabia, the results showed half of parents (n=310) had adequate knowledge regarding child vaccination [10]. Another Study done in Saudi Arabia showed 38% of the parents had excellent knowledge about childhood vaccination while, 38% had good knowledge [9]. The highest mean score was 0.963 (96.3%) to the item "Childhood vaccination is free".…”

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Parents’ Knowledge and Attitude toward Childhood Vaccination in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Mobark

Alhazmi

Altowayan

2022

JPRI

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Introduction: Childhood vaccination programs participate greatly in reducing the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. Beside the noticeable success of vaccination, there are still parents’ questions and hesitancy regarding childhood vaccination. Aims: This study evaluated the knowledge and attitude of parents in Qassim region towards childhood vaccination with the aim to measure the degree of the local community acceptance of childhood vaccination with aspiration to add an effective literature information in this field. Study Design: A cross sectional survey study using a Google form designed questionnaire. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Qassim in Saudi Arabia from October 2020 to December 2020. Methodology: We included 403 parents. The data was collected using a questionnaire divided in to three parts; socio-demographic, knowledge and attitude, and side effects. The knowledge was evaluated by seven items with answers set in to ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and ‘Don’t know’. The attitude by seven items with fixed-answers of ‘Agree’, ‘Neutral’ and ‘Disagree’. In the third part side effects like fever, pain, diarrhea, skin rash and seizures were directly asked. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis of data. Results: Among 403 participants, the majority were young adult female with a bachelor degree. The parents have good levels of knowledge and attitude towards child hood vaccination and the levels are significantly differed among various demographic variables. The parents’ attitude is linearly influenced by their level of knowledge (P-value is <0.001). Conclusion: Beside the good parents’ knowledge that positively influenced by their attitude toward childhood vaccination with a considerable local public awareness in this field, parents recommended more awareness campaigns on vaccination’s benefits and risks.

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Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors of Turkish Parents about Childhood Vaccination

Emlek Sert,

Topçu,

Çelebioğlu

2023

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Background and Objectives: Vaccination is critical to the prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks and is also one of the most important public health successes. When it comes to childhood vaccinations, parents’ consent is very important. For this reason, childhood vaccination rates are directly related to the knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of the parents. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of parents of children aged 0–5 regarding childhood vaccinations and how these beliefs affect their vaccination behaviors. Material and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 302 parents from February to June 2020. Data were collected using a questionnaire form with 26 questions. Sociodemographic characteristics were reported as frequencies, means, and percentages. Multiple regression analysis was utilized to evaluate vaccination behaviors and affective factors. Results: About 87.1% of the parents know that vaccines protect their children from infectious diseases, and 76.8% know that vaccines can have side effects. Although 97.7% of the parents had their children fully vaccinated according to the Extended Immunization Program, 2.3% did not vaccinate their children. Moreover, 98% of the parents trust the information given by healthcare professionals about vaccination. The parents’ beliefs explain 53% (R2 = 0.53) of the parents’ child vaccination behavior. Conclusion: This study found that although the knowledge level of parents about vaccines is quite good, negative knowledge and beliefs that may affect vaccination also exist. Considered by parents as a reliable source of information, healthcare professionals should impart their knowledge, beliefs, and concerns regarding immunization.

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Parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward childhood vaccinations, in Saudi Arabia, 2019

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