Open AccessVaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents: An international ID-IRI survey
Author(s) -
Yakup Çağ,
M. Emad Al Madadha,
Handan Ankaralı,
Yasemin Çağ,
Kübra Demir Önder,
Ayşegül Seremet Keski̇n,
Filiz Kızılateş,
Rok Čivljak,
Ghaydaa A. Shehata,
Handan Alay,
Sevil Alkan-Ceviker,
Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ,
Meliha Cagla-Sonmezer,
Manar Ezzelarab Ramadan,
Dumitru Irina Magdelena,
Ljiljana Radić,
Jurica Arapović,
Fatma Kesmez-Can,
Nagwa Mostafa ElSayed,
O B Campbell,
Gulden EserKarlidag,
Reham Khedr,
Mehmet Emirhan Işık,
Michael M. Petrov,
Roxana Carmen Cernat,
Ümran Ertürk,
Yeşim Uygun-Kızmaz,
Eva Huljev,
Fatma Amer,
Mehmet Reşat Ceylan,
Andrea Marıno,
Gülnur Kul,
Tuba Damar-Cakirca,
Yara Khalaf,
Arzu Cennet Işık,
Olumuyiwa Elijah Ariyo,
İsmail Necati Hakyemez,
Rezaul Karim Ripon,
Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh,
Emine Kubra Dindar-Demiray,
Osasona Oluwadamilola Gideon,
M. Belitova,
Mustafa Altındiş,
Rehab H. El-Sokkary,
Recep Tekin,
Mohammed Garout,
Joanna Zajkowska,
Farhan Fazal,
Muhammed Bekçibaşı,
Mirsada Hukić,
Summiya Nizamuddin,
Serkan Sürme,
Ricardo Fernandez,
Amani ElKholy,
Nasim Akhtar,
Siddra Ijaz,
Andrea Cortegiani,
Meliha Meriç-Koç,
Hakan Hasman,
Agah Victor Maduka,
Jehan El-Kholy,
Sema Sarı,
Mumtaz Ali Khan,
Yasemin Akın,
Şükran Köse,
Hakan Erdem
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.16085
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , family medicine , scale (ratio) , developing country , international community , cross sectional study , environmental health , pediatrics , immunology , economic growth , political science , politics , geography , pathology , cartography , economics , law
Although vaccines are the safest and most effective means to prevent and control infectious diseases, the increasing rate of vaccine hesitancy and refusal (VHR) has become a worldwide concern. We aimed to find opinions of parents on vaccinating their children and contribute to available literature in order to support the fight against vaccine refusal by investigating the reasons for VHR on a global scale.