Open AccessPreventive vaccination in children: Parents’ knowledge or physician’s competence
Author(s) -
А. С. Ваняркина,
А. Г. Петрова,
Т. А. Баянова,
Е. Д. Казанцева,
О. А. Криволапова,
О. В. Бугун,
А. С. Станкевич
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tihookeanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1609-1175
DOI - 10.34215/1609-1175-2019-4-23-28
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , credibility , family medicine , competence (human resources) , mass media , cross sectional study , pediatrics , psychology , immunology , social psychology , business , pathology , political science , advertising , law
Objective: The study objective is to assess parents’ opinion and awareness of preventive vaccination issues. Methods: Using the data of cross-sectional multicenter study the assessment of 1620 parents’ awareness of preventive vaccination issues was taken; we checked up on factors causing decline of trust in vaccination. Results: The most respondents (n=1590) vaccinated children adhering to recommendation of National calendar, 25 % of parents additionally vaccinated them due to epidemic indications. The refusal of vaccination in 2 % of respondents was influenced by level of education (lower secondary education), family financial state (average or above the average), choice of mass media as prevailing source of information about vaccination. High level of credibility to the opinion of neighborhood pediatrician (91.7 %) and parents› interest in receiving additional information about vaccinations (71.2 %) were revealed. Conclusions: Providing the accurate information on vaccination by doctors will enable to increase parents’ adherence to children vaccination.