Practices of French family physicians concerning varicella vaccination for teenagers

Blaizeau, Fanette; Lasserre, A.; Rossignol, Louise; Blanchon, Thierry; Kernéis, Solen; Hanslik, Thomas; Lévy-Brühl, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.medmal.2012.07.013

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“…Other studies confirmed that the lack of information on vaccination and the recommendations for vaccination might impact vaccine uptake rates in the general public [ 10 , 12 , 14 , 27 ]. The level of acceptance of vaccination by patients was shown to be also an important factor that encouraged PCPs to vaccinate [ 28 – 31 ]. To summarize, it seems that PCPs are fully aware of the advantages of vaccination, generally confident in the vaccines properties, but face difficulties when communicating to patients and addressing practical organization of vaccination, which negatively impact their commitment to vaccination.…”

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Scoring and psychometric validation of the ‘Determinants of Intentions to Vaccinate’ (DIVA©) questionnaire

Martínez¹,

Fofana²,

Raineri³

et al. 2016

BMC Fam Pract

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BackgroundPrimary care physicians (PCPs) play a key role regarding vaccination in France. The aims of the present study were to define the scoring rules and to assess the measurement properties of the ‘Determinants of Intentions to Vaccinate’ (DIVA©) questionnaire that aims to assess PCPs’ attitudes and beliefs toward vaccination.MethodsThe DIVA questionnaire was derived from a literature review and PCPs focus groups. Scoring and early validation of the DIVA questionnaire were determined during a cross-sectional study conducted in France. During the study, PCPs had to complete the DIVA questionnaire for any of the six vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) to which they were randomly assigned (measles, pertussis, pneumococcus infection, seasonal influenza, human papillomavirus -HPV- infection and tetanus). Descriptive analyses of items and the analysis of the grouping of items into domains were conducted. Internal consistency reliability and construct validity was assessed according to each VPD.ResultsThe DIVA questionnaire was completed by 1,069 PCPs and was well accepted. The ‘Commitment of the PCP to the vaccination approach’ score showed very good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha >0.70 overall and for each VPD). The construct validity of the DIVA questionnaire was confirmed.ConclusionsThe DIVA questionnaire is a valid and reliable measure of PCPs’ attitudes and beliefs toward vaccination.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12875-016-0539-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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