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Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy

Background: This study was designed to evaluate vaccination hesitancy and behaviors among parents of children with chronic conditions. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from June to December 2021 in three public hospitals in southern Italy. Data were collected using a face-to-face in...

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Autores principales: Napolitano, Francesco, Miraglia del Giudice, Grazia, Angelillo, Silvia, Fattore, Italo, Licata, Francesca, Pelullo, Concetta Paola, Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9416633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36016141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081254
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author Napolitano, Francesco
Miraglia del Giudice, Grazia
Angelillo, Silvia
Fattore, Italo
Licata, Francesca
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
author_facet Napolitano, Francesco
Miraglia del Giudice, Grazia
Angelillo, Silvia
Fattore, Italo
Licata, Francesca
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
author_sort Napolitano, Francesco
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description Background: This study was designed to evaluate vaccination hesitancy and behaviors among parents of children with chronic conditions. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from June to December 2021 in three public hospitals in southern Italy. Data were collected using a face-to-face interview of parents of children up to 17 years of age with at least one chronic condition. Results: Of the 532 parents approached, 444 agreed to participate, with a response rate of 83.4%. Almost half of parents (43%) knew that children with chronic diseases are at greater risk of complications from VPDs, and 21.6% knew all the vaccinations available in Italy. Additionally, 55.9% felt that vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) are very dangerous for their children, and 28.7% were very worried about the side effects of vaccines. The result of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccine (PACV) score indicated that 23.2% of parents were hesitant about vaccinations. Parental vaccine hesitancy was significantly more common among parents who had female children, among those who did not know the recommended vaccinations, among those who had a higher concern of potential side effects of the vaccines, among those who believed that the administration of the vaccinations was not useful, and among who received information on recommended vaccination from the internet, social and mass media. Conclusions: Important efforts by policy makers and healthcare providers must be implemented to counter vaccine hesitancy among parents.
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spelling pubmed-94166332022-08-27 Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy Napolitano, Francesco Miraglia del Giudice, Grazia Angelillo, Silvia Fattore, Italo Licata, Francesca Pelullo, Concetta Paola Di Giuseppe, Gabriella Vaccines (Basel) Article Background: This study was designed to evaluate vaccination hesitancy and behaviors among parents of children with chronic conditions. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from June to December 2021 in three public hospitals in southern Italy. Data were collected using a face-to-face interview of parents of children up to 17 years of age with at least one chronic condition. Results: Of the 532 parents approached, 444 agreed to participate, with a response rate of 83.4%. Almost half of parents (43%) knew that children with chronic diseases are at greater risk of complications from VPDs, and 21.6% knew all the vaccinations available in Italy. Additionally, 55.9% felt that vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) are very dangerous for their children, and 28.7% were very worried about the side effects of vaccines. The result of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccine (PACV) score indicated that 23.2% of parents were hesitant about vaccinations. Parental vaccine hesitancy was significantly more common among parents who had female children, among those who did not know the recommended vaccinations, among those who had a higher concern of potential side effects of the vaccines, among those who believed that the administration of the vaccinations was not useful, and among who received information on recommended vaccination from the internet, social and mass media. Conclusions: Important efforts by policy makers and healthcare providers must be implemented to counter vaccine hesitancy among parents. MDPI 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9416633/ /pubmed/36016141 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081254 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/).
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Miraglia del Giudice, Grazia
Angelillo, Silvia
Fattore, Italo
Licata, Francesca
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy
title Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy
title_full Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy
title_fullStr Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy
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title_short Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccinations among Parents of Children with Underlying Chronic Medical Conditions in Italy
title_sort hesitancy towards childhood vaccinations among parents of children with underlying chronic medical conditions in italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9416633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36016141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081254
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