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Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Background and objectives: Vaccination hesitancy is a growing problem associated with decreasing chances for the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization. This research was conducted to learn about parents’ attitudes toward vaccination, particularly against HPV, in the contex...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10608555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59101755 |
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author | Zastawna, Beata Milewska, Anna Załuska, Roman Kozłowski, Remigiusz Zastawna, Martyna Marczak, Michał |
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description | Background and objectives: Vaccination hesitancy is a growing problem associated with decreasing chances for the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization. This research was conducted to learn about parents’ attitudes toward vaccination, particularly against HPV, in the context of their beliefs and fears regarding immunization and the impact of these views on their children’s vaccination decisions. An additional goal was to determine what views or convictions most often lead to the phenomenon of delaying or refusing vaccinations, especially HPV vaccines, in the surveyed community. Materials and Methods: An online questionnaire was conducted in which parents marked how they vaccinated their children with mandatory vaccinations and whether they took the opportunity to protect their children with additional vaccinations, including HPV and COVID-19. Respondents also marked the extent to which they agreed with the statements, regarding the safety of vaccinations, doubts about them, as well as popular anti-vaccine myths. Results: A total of 250 questionnaires were collected with data on the immunization of 425 children. Associations between specific beliefs and vaccine abstention were established. The most motivating factor for vaccination against HPV was the parent’s awareness that the virus HP is the cause of cancer. The most inhibiting factor was respondent’s compliance with the opinion that HPV vaccines can affect the child’s sexual activity. Conclusions: The results indicate that information campaigns are needed, especially focusing on vaccine safety and the regularity and transparency of monitoring adverse effects. The obtained results will be used to create educational interventions against vaccination hesitancy more adapted to local conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-106085552023-10-28 Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Zastawna, Beata Milewska, Anna Załuska, Roman Kozłowski, Remigiusz Zastawna, Martyna Marczak, Michał Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and objectives: Vaccination hesitancy is a growing problem associated with decreasing chances for the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization. This research was conducted to learn about parents’ attitudes toward vaccination, particularly against HPV, in the context of their beliefs and fears regarding immunization and the impact of these views on their children’s vaccination decisions. An additional goal was to determine what views or convictions most often lead to the phenomenon of delaying or refusing vaccinations, especially HPV vaccines, in the surveyed community. Materials and Methods: An online questionnaire was conducted in which parents marked how they vaccinated their children with mandatory vaccinations and whether they took the opportunity to protect their children with additional vaccinations, including HPV and COVID-19. Respondents also marked the extent to which they agreed with the statements, regarding the safety of vaccinations, doubts about them, as well as popular anti-vaccine myths. Results: A total of 250 questionnaires were collected with data on the immunization of 425 children. Associations between specific beliefs and vaccine abstention were established. The most motivating factor for vaccination against HPV was the parent’s awareness that the virus HP is the cause of cancer. The most inhibiting factor was respondent’s compliance with the opinion that HPV vaccines can affect the child’s sexual activity. Conclusions: The results indicate that information campaigns are needed, especially focusing on vaccine safety and the regularity and transparency of monitoring adverse effects. The obtained results will be used to create educational interventions against vaccination hesitancy more adapted to local conditions. MDPI 2023-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10608555/ /pubmed/37893473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59101755 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zastawna, Beata Milewska, Anna Załuska, Roman Kozłowski, Remigiusz Zastawna, Martyna Marczak, Michał Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title | Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title_full | Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title_short | Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes and Knowledge toward Immunization and How These Factors Influence Their Decisions to Vaccinate Their Children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
title_sort | analysis of parents’ attitudes and knowledge toward immunization and how these factors influence their decisions to vaccinate their children against human papilloma virus (hpv) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10608555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59101755 |
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