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Changes in parental barriers to immunizations
Author(s) -
Niederhauser Victoria P.,
Lindley Lisa C.,
Farabollini Brittany
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12523
Subject(s) - public health nursing , medicine , public health , nursing , family medicine , psychology
Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to explore if parental barriers to childhood immunizations change over time. Design and Sample Using secondary data, a pretest post‐test design was employed to measure changes in parental barriers to childhood immunizations in the first 7 months of life. Thirty‐nine parent/infant dyads were included in this study. Measures The Searching for Hardship and Obstacles to Shots ( SHOTS ) Survey was completed by a parent when their infant was between one and 28 days old (prior to their first immunizations) and again when the child was 6–7 months of age. Results In this study, parental barriers to immunizations decreased over time. Specifically, six individual items related to accessing immunizations decreased from baseline to 7 months of age. In addition, the Access to Shots subscale decreased significantly ( p = 0.010) between the two time periods. In less educated parents, the Importance of Immunizations subscale decreased over time. Conclusion Given the findings and trends in changes identified in this study, more exploration is necessary to understand what parental barriers change over time and how these changes affect immunization rates in early infancy.