Parents’ reported reasons for avoiding MMR vaccination

Dannetun, Eva; Tegnell, Anders; Hermansson, Göran; Giesecke, Johan

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“…The findings suggest primary health care providers (72.3%), schools (24%), and television (22.3%) as the important sources of information while in developed countries, the media was a leading source of information about childhood vaccinations (16). Accordingly, results demonstrated that most children were vaccinated at health centers and schools.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…In the current study, the main obstacles for lack of vaccination were refusal to vaccinate (31%), lack of information (24.2%), sick child (22.4%), and travel (20.2%). However, in most studies, fear of vaccine side effects was the leading barrier to vaccination (1,12,13,(15)(16)(17). In a study from the United Kingdom, fever, rash, joint symptoms, and headache were reported as vaccine side effects (13).…”

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“…The common refusal reasons are medical complications, pain from injections, previous measles infection, concerns about safety and effectiveness of vaccines, the ingredients in the vaccines, Parent's belief that it is unimportant for children's health, religious beliefs, or socioeconomic reasons, which were significantly contributed to non-vaccination (1,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). In general, in most studies, fear of vaccine side effects was reported as the leading barrier to vaccination (1,12,13,(15)(16)(17).…”

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A survey on Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) in Iran

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Background: Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) have been considered as a strategic key towards elimination of measles and rubella. This study aimed at identifying the coverage of vaccination in target population children. Methods: The study was carried out in South-East of Iran on a total of 6838 randomly selected children. Information was collected by trained interviewers using a validated questionnaire. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (i.e. frequencies and percentages) and 95% confidence interval. Results: Overall, 98.7% of children were vaccinated during SIAs campaign. Vaccination cards were available for about two-thirds of the participants at the time of home visits while 95.3% of them reportedly received an immunization card. Refusal to vaccinate (31%), not informed (24.2%), children being sick (22.4%), and travel (20.2%) were the main reasons for not vaccinating children (n = 86) during the campaign. The main sites for vaccination were school (46.5%) and health centers (46.4%). Fever (44.8%) and severe pain at the injection site (36.2%) were reported as the most frequent complications by the study participants. Prevention of measles and rubella (66.6%) and health staff recommendations (31.4%) were the main vaccination incentives. Conclusions: To sum up, Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) are a good approach towards high coverage of immunization and attain measles and rubella elimination.

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“…For many, including health care workers, the main source of information about disease, terrorism, and vaccines is the mass media, followed by health centers and professionals [52,53]. Both national and local media networks, such as television and radio, are important information sources in the event of a bioterrorist incident [54].…”

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The public acceptance of smallpox vaccination to fight bioterrorism in Japan: results of a large-scale opinion survey in Japan

Sato

Tomio²,

Tanaka³

et al. 2010

Environ Health Prev Med

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Objectives This study examines the public acceptance of smallpox vaccinations in the event of a terrorist attack using smallpox. The article also provides public health professionals with the information necessary for such smallpox management. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted in a city in Japan asking about prospective action when smallpox vaccination is advised after a terrorist attack and factors that could influence individual decisions about such vaccination. Results Only a tiny fraction of people (0.12%) expressed their rejection of vaccination. Of the respondents, 63.6% showed their intent to be vaccinated promptly when such a measure was required; 28.6% wanted to decide for themselves, having some reservations. Those in the younger age group, those suffering from hypertension/cardiac diseases, and those who considered the threat of smallpox terrorism less seriously were likely to reserve their vaccination decisions until after examining information.Conclusions Communication programs regarding smallpox vaccination should be well planned beforehand and should especially target those people who reserve their decisions at such times. Health professionals should also be well equipped with all information necessary for appropriate and effective smallpox management in the face of such a bioterrorism attack or the strong potential of one.

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“…Many of these children were too young to be vaccinated, unable to receive them for medical reasons or contracted disease as a result of vaccine failure. However, some parents choose not to vaccinate their children, citing political, personal or philosophical motives for declining [9][10][11][12]. Other vaccine opponents question the safety, efficacy and necessity of recommended vaccines [9][10][11][12].…”

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Survey of Australian Father’s Attitudes towards Infant Vaccination: Findings from the Australian Father’s Study

Prosser¹,

Petersen²

2016

Primary Health Care

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Parents’ reported reasons for avoiding MMR vaccination

Abstract: Postponers and abstainers may have different reasons for their decision. The role of well-trained healthcare staff in giving advice and an opportunity to discuss MMR vaccination with concerned parents is very important.

Cited by 77 publications

References 13 publications

A survey on Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) in Iran

A survey on Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) in Iran

The public acceptance of smallpox vaccination to fight bioterrorism in Japan: results of a large-scale opinion survey in Japan

Survey of Australian Father’s Attitudes towards Infant Vaccination: Findings from the Australian Father’s Study

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