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Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States
Despite the benefits of immunization, differences in attitudes persist toward vaccines. We captured individuals’ perceptions of vaccines and vaccination across the United States (US) to inform vaccine-related policy development. A survey was completed by 5000 respondents from 10 states. Respondents...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36146548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091470 |
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author | Childers-Strawbridge, Sarah Eiden, Amanda L. Nyaku, Mawuli K. Bhatti, Alexandra A. |
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description | Despite the benefits of immunization, differences in attitudes persist toward vaccines. We captured individuals’ perceptions of vaccines and vaccination across the United States (US) to inform vaccine-related policy development. A survey was completed by 5000 respondents from 10 states. Respondents were screened for inclusion, which included individuals ≥ 18 years of age that had received a vaccine or were unvaccinated but indicated a favorable or neutral attitude towards vaccinations. Participants were excluded if they indicated they did not support the idea of vaccinations. Questions explored perceptions of vaccines for all age groups. Among unvaccinated individuals, the most common concerns were about safety (38%). Most respondents (95%) highlighted the importance of state immunization programs for disease prevention. Access to health and immunization records and immunization information systems were important to 96% and 88% of respondents, respectively, for future health planning. Doctors and healthcare professionals (HCPs) were considered trusted sources for vaccine information (95%). Overall, respondents recognized the importance of vaccination, but documented concerns among the unvaccinated indicated a need for greater promotion regarding vaccine safety. Doctors and HCPs, as trusted information sources, should continue to and increasingly advocate for the importance of immunization to increase vaccine uptake. |
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spelling | pubmed-95018752022-09-24 Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States Childers-Strawbridge, Sarah Eiden, Amanda L. Nyaku, Mawuli K. Bhatti, Alexandra A. Vaccines (Basel) Article Despite the benefits of immunization, differences in attitudes persist toward vaccines. We captured individuals’ perceptions of vaccines and vaccination across the United States (US) to inform vaccine-related policy development. A survey was completed by 5000 respondents from 10 states. Respondents were screened for inclusion, which included individuals ≥ 18 years of age that had received a vaccine or were unvaccinated but indicated a favorable or neutral attitude towards vaccinations. Participants were excluded if they indicated they did not support the idea of vaccinations. Questions explored perceptions of vaccines for all age groups. Among unvaccinated individuals, the most common concerns were about safety (38%). Most respondents (95%) highlighted the importance of state immunization programs for disease prevention. Access to health and immunization records and immunization information systems were important to 96% and 88% of respondents, respectively, for future health planning. Doctors and healthcare professionals (HCPs) were considered trusted sources for vaccine information (95%). Overall, respondents recognized the importance of vaccination, but documented concerns among the unvaccinated indicated a need for greater promotion regarding vaccine safety. Doctors and HCPs, as trusted information sources, should continue to and increasingly advocate for the importance of immunization to increase vaccine uptake. MDPI 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9501875/ /pubmed/36146548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091470 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 Childers-Strawbridge, Sarah Eiden, Amanda L. Nyaku, Mawuli K. Bhatti, Alexandra A. Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title | Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title_full | Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title_fullStr | Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title_short | Attitudes and Beliefs around the Value of Vaccination in the United States |
title_sort | attitudes and beliefs around the value of vaccination in the united states |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36146548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091470 |
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