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Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination
Background: We investigated and compared practices and attitudes about childhood vaccination between young parents and their parents and identified influences and sources of information in the County of Zadar, Croatia. Methods: This research was conducted in six general practice and paediatric medic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8946897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327717 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030345 |
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author | Skitarelić, Nataša Vidaić, Marija Skitarelić, Neven |
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description | Background: We investigated and compared practices and attitudes about childhood vaccination between young parents and their parents and identified influences and sources of information in the County of Zadar, Croatia. Methods: This research was conducted in six general practice and paediatric medical clinics. It included 300 volunteers, including 150 younger parents and 150 older grandparents. Information was collected with a survey questionnaire. The survey data were statistically processed. Results: The 300 participants were divided into 2 groups. Most of the respondents were married, employed, had a high school education, and had a good economic status, often with two children and living in the city. Generally, the attitude towards vaccination was positive. Healthcare workers made the most important influence on the decision for vaccination. The younger age group was significantly affected by social networks and the internet and wanted more information. They were afraid of the adjuvants in vaccines. The older respondents held that vaccination must be legally regulated and did not believe the anti-vaccine media headlines. Conclusions: Our respondents had positive attitudes towards childhood vaccination, noticed the benefits of vaccinating children, and held that untreated children represent a risk for the community. They were well informed and satisfied with the collaboration with medical professionals, although the media and social networks had some impact on attitudes. |
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spelling | pubmed-89468972022-03-25 Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination Skitarelić, Nataša Vidaić, Marija Skitarelić, Neven Children (Basel) Article Background: We investigated and compared practices and attitudes about childhood vaccination between young parents and their parents and identified influences and sources of information in the County of Zadar, Croatia. Methods: This research was conducted in six general practice and paediatric medical clinics. It included 300 volunteers, including 150 younger parents and 150 older grandparents. Information was collected with a survey questionnaire. The survey data were statistically processed. Results: The 300 participants were divided into 2 groups. Most of the respondents were married, employed, had a high school education, and had a good economic status, often with two children and living in the city. Generally, the attitude towards vaccination was positive. Healthcare workers made the most important influence on the decision for vaccination. The younger age group was significantly affected by social networks and the internet and wanted more information. They were afraid of the adjuvants in vaccines. The older respondents held that vaccination must be legally regulated and did not believe the anti-vaccine media headlines. Conclusions: Our respondents had positive attitudes towards childhood vaccination, noticed the benefits of vaccinating children, and held that untreated children represent a risk for the community. They were well informed and satisfied with the collaboration with medical professionals, although the media and social networks had some impact on attitudes. MDPI 2022-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8946897/ /pubmed/35327717 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030345 Text en © 2022 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 Skitarelić, Nataša Vidaić, Marija Skitarelić, Neven Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title | Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title_full | Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title_fullStr | Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title_full_unstemmed | Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title_short | Parents’ versus Grandparents’ Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination |
title_sort | parents’ versus grandparents’ attitudes about childhood vaccination |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8946897/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327717 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030345 |
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