Investigating Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal Among Parents of Children Under Five: A Community-based Study

dc.contributor.authorSoysal, Gonca
dc.contributor.authorAkdur, Recep
dc.contributor.orcID0000-0002-9766-1117en_US
dc.contributor.orcID0000-0003-4158-4594en_US
dc.contributor.researcherIDAAK-1044-2021en_US
dc.contributor.researcherIDGPK-5572-2022en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-13T10:05:32Z
dc.date.available2023-09-13T10:05:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Vaccine hesitancy and refusal threaten to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases. This problem is not new, and gaining an increasing importance due to the increase in its incidence. The present study aims to determine the frequency of factors related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents of children under five. Materials and Methods: A community-based study was conducted with 402 parents of children under five in a province of Turkey between October 2020 and February 2021. The number of samples to be included in the study was determined by proportional cluster sampling. Data were collected using the WHO SAGE "Vaccine Hesitancy Survey Questions" and "Vaccine Hesitancy Scale". Results: Of parents, 19.7% were hesitant about childhood vaccines. The rejection rate of recommended vaccines (special or free vaccines) was 18.2%. The rate of parents who refused the vaccines offered free of charge by the Ministry of Health was 0.9%. Vaccine hesitancy was higher among fathers, those with undergraduate and higher education, parents over 42 years of age, and those with a higher income economic status. Having heard or read negative information about vaccines increased the likelihood of vaccine hesitancy by 13.5 times. The parents' Vaccine Hesitancy Scale score was 1.68 +/- 0.53. Conclusion: According to the study results, vaccine hesitancy and refusal have a structure affected by many factors. The most important of these factors is the content of knowledge about vaccines.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1308-6308en_US
dc.identifier.endpage348en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-9054en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85146672182en_US
dc.identifier.startpage339en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_57595/G%C3%BCncel%20Pediatri-20-339-En.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11727/10607
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wos000965719100013en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.4274/jcp.2022.01488en_US
dc.relation.journalGUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICSen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergien_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectVaccine hesitancyen_US
dc.subjectvaccine refusalen_US
dc.subjectchildren under fiveen_US
dc.subjectparentsen_US
dc.titleInvestigating Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal Among Parents of Children Under Five: A Community-based Studyen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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