To vaccinate or not to vaccinate—that is the question: why are some mothers opposed to giving their infants hepatitis B vaccine?

Maayan-Metzger, Ayala; Kedem-Friedrich, Peri; Kuint, Jacob

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.015

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“…A variety of ways to assess parental attitudes as regards vaccinations have been used in previous studies: telephone interviews [5,10], focus groups [11,13], paper questionnaires [7,14] – all of which can be quite time consuming and costly. One way to diminish the time for data collection and registration, as well as reduce the cost could be by using the Internet, and a web designed questionnaire.…”

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Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. A survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005

2007

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BackgroundThe World Health Organisation, WHO, recommends that most countries should vaccinate all children against hepatitis B. Sweden has chosen not to do so, but the issue is reassessed regularly. The objective of this survey was to assess knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccine for children among parents living in Sweden, and to compare distribution of responses and response rate between parents answering a postal questionnaire and those responding via the Internet.MethodsA population-based cross-sectional survey, where the sampling frame consisted of all parents to a child born 2002 living in Sweden. Two independent samples of 1001 parents in each sample were drawn. All parents were contacted by postal mail. The parents in the first sample were invited to participate by answering a paper questionnaire. The parents in the second sample were given an individual user name along with a password, and asked to log on to the Internet to answer an identical electronic questionnaire.ResultsA total of 1229 questionnaires were analysed. The overall response rate for paper questionnaires was 55%, and 15% for the web version. Knowledge of the disease hepatitis B was overall high (90%). A higher degree of knowledge was seen among parents with education beyond high school (p = 0.001). This group of parents also had a higher tendency to reply via the Internet (p = 0.001). The willingness to accept hepatitis B vaccine for their child was correlated to the acceptance of the present childhood vaccination programme (p = 0.001).ConclusionThe results reveal a high level of knowledge of the disease and a positive attitude to having their children vaccinated. This study also displays that the conventional postal method of surveying still delivers a higher response rate than a web-based survey.

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2007

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“…The finding that over two thirds of the participants reported that they still had not decided whether they intended to provide the newborn with VK is startling, as most women who participate in these tours are in their third trimester of pregnancy and will soon have to make this decision. 14 In the current study, exposure to these or other opposing sources of information was barely reported. 14 The situation of opposing VK prophylaxis can also be compared to the refusal of parents to vaccinate their children.…”

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“…14 The situation of opposing VK prophylaxis can also be compared to the refusal of parents to vaccinate their children. The finding that over two thirds of the participants reported that they still had not decided whether they intended to provide the newborn with VK is startling, as most women who participate in these tours are in their third trimester of pregnancy and will soon have to make this decision.…”

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Parents’ Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns

Eventov‐Friedman¹,

Vinograd²,

Ben-Haim³

et al. 2013

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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“…Other reasons for not vaccinating children include medical contraindications, insufficient communication with the medical staff, lack of knowledge or erroneous knowledge among parents about vaccine-preventable diseases, low availability of and access to medical services, and low trust in medical authorities [8][9][10] . Generally, the rate of unvaccinated children ranges from 1%-20%, depending on the study and its setting [10][11][12]. The reasoning behind parents' decision not to vaccinate or to only partially vaccinate their children is complex and multi-dimensional, and is often associated with libertarian autonomous ideologies [13] as part of the perceptions regarding control over life [14].…”

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Autonomy and Control among Parents Who do not Comply with Recommended Pediatric Vaccinations: A Qualitative Case Stud

Aharon¹,

Nehama²,

Rishpon³

et al. 2017

J Comm Pub Health Nurs

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Objective: To identify the main reasons why parents decided not to vaccinate their children according to the official recommendations. Methods:A qualitative descriptive study approach was used, including 12 in-depth interviews with parents of two-year-old children who refused to vaccinate their children. Data were analyzed in three stages: open coding, mapping analysis and focused analysis.Results: Five main themes emerged: Parents demand the right to make decisions regarding their child's vaccinations autonomously; they wish to take responsibility and be in control of their child's health; they perceive their actions (refusal) as characteristic of "good parenting"; they are critical of and distrust the medical establishment; and they base their decision on a calculation of the risks of the vaccines vs. the risk of the disease. Any combination of these factors may reflect the reasons for not complying with recommended pediatric vaccinations. Conclusion:Parents' decisions whether, when and how to vaccinate cannot be ascribed to one single reason or cause; rather, it is a combination of interrelated factors. Understanding this complex phenomenon may help professionals plan interventions, to prevent a decline in vaccine coverage rates.

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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate—that is the question: why are some mothers opposed to giving their infants hepatitis B vaccine?

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. A survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005

Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. A survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005

Parents’ Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns

Autonomy and Control among Parents Who do not Comply with Recommended Pediatric Vaccinations: A Qualitative Case Stud

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