Predictors of influenza vaccination in the U.S. among children 9–13 years of age

Imburgia, Teresa M.; Hendrix, Kristin S.; Donahue, Kelly L.; Sturm, Lynne; Zimet, Gregory D.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.060

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“…This survey also converged with several previous studies in finding that different groups of the population expressed trust in the health care workers and that their recommendations have been shown to be strongly positively associated with knowledge, acceptability, and uptake of vaccinations. 16,18,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The hypothesis that the knowledge of at least one recommended vaccination during pregnancy, the risk-perception of the vaccines for the women and for the unborn child, and the willingness to receive all the recommended vaccinations during pregnancy were associated with socio-demographic factors was partly confirmed in the final multivariate logistic regression models. Understanding the key characteristics associated with the outcomes of interest could be used in tailored intervention programs.…”

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Vaccination knowledge and acceptability among pregnant women in Italy

D’Alessandro

Napolitano

D’Ambrosio

et al. 2018

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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The aims of this survey were to ascertain pregnant women's level of knowledge and acceptability on the vaccinations and to identify their associations with several characteristics. A cross-sectional study was performed from December 2017 through March 2018 in the geographic area of Naples, Italy. The study used two stages cluster sampling method for selection and recruitment of participants. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with pregnant women present at the Obstetrics outpatient clinic of the selected hospitals. A total of 358 respondents agreed to be interviewed out of the 405 pregnant women selected. One-fourth knew at least one of the vaccinations recommended during pregnancy and only 2.8% correctly identified all of these. Women who had received information about the vaccinations during pregnancy from general practitioners or gynecologists or other sources and those with at least one child were more likely to know at least one of the recommended vaccinations, whereas women with middle school education were less knowledgeable. None of the women had received tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine and only 1.4% the seasonal influenza vaccination. Only 27.9% reported a positive willingness to receive all the recommended vaccinations during pregnancy. Pregnant women would be willing to get all recommended vaccinations if they had at least one child and if they needed additional information, whereas the willingness was significantly lower among women who had reported high school as the highest level of education, who were in the second trimester of pregnancy, and who felt that the recommended vaccines administered during pregnancy were less dangerous for them and for the unborn child. This study suggests important focus points to be taking into account for informing and for implementing education activities on the benefits regarding vaccinations in order to increase the level of knowledge and the uptake in pregnant women.

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Vaccination knowledge and acceptability among pregnant women in Italy

D’Alessandro

Napolitano

D’Ambrosio

et al. 2018

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…Belonging to a minority population group was associated with increased childhood influenza vaccine acceptance in several studies [18, 19], while another study demonstrated lower uptake [20]. Together, these findings suggest that population groups vary with respect to influenza vaccine acceptance, and that results from a single geographic area, or a single study cannot be generalized.…”

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Factors associated with childhood influenza vaccination in Israel: a cross-sectional evaluation

Glatman‐Freedman

Amir

Dichtiar

et al. 2019

Isr J Health Policy Res

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BackgroundVaccinating children against influenza has shown both direct and indirect beneficial effects. However, despite being offered free of charge, childhood influenza vaccine coverage in Israel has been low. Our objective was to evaluate the factors associated with childhood influenza vaccination in Israel.MethodsA cross-sectional language-specific telephone survey was conducted among adults 18 years or older, to examine childhood influenza vaccination practices and their associations with socio-demographic and relevant health variables. We further explored the reasons for these practices among parents. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with childhood influenza vaccine acceptance.ResultsOf a total of 6518 individuals contacted by mobile phone, 1165 eligible parents, ≥18 years old with children 1–18 years of age, were interviewed, and 1040 of them completed the survey successfully. Overall, factors associated with childhood influenza vaccination were younger child’s age, influenza vaccination of other family members and belonging to the Arab population group. No association was found between childhood influenza vaccination and routine childhood vaccine uptake. Several of the parents’ reasons for vaccine acceptance - preventing influenza or its transmission, awareness regarding the need for influenza vaccination and receipt of invitation to get vaccinated - differed significantly between Jewish and Arab parents. Several reasons reported by parents for not vaccinating children against influenza, indicated a likelihood to accept influenza vaccine outreach efforts. Such reasons were reported by 27.5% of Jewish parents and 37.5% of Arab parents.ConclusionsWe found that certain demographic factors were associated with childhood influenza vaccination in Israel. Several reasons described by the parent for not vaccinating their children indicate that outreach efforts are likely to increase childhood influenza vaccination. Addressing population group-specific needs is recommended to optimize the success of influenza vaccine outreach efforts.

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“…This indicates that enhancing cues from health care professionals, rather than simply providing information to the public about influenza vaccination, is likely to be more effective for improving uptake. Studies in Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, US, and Turkey have all found physician's recommendation to be significantly associated with a child being vaccinated against influenza [27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. A nationally representative survey in Australia also found physicians to be the most influential and important source of information for child vaccinations [34].…”

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confidence: 99%