A model analysis on the knowledge-attitude-practice of children guardians in Jiangxi, Shanghai and Qinghai
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200321-00411
- VernacularTitle:江西省、上海市、青海省儿童家长预防接种知识、态度、行为调查及结构方程模型分析
- Author:
Wenlong ZHU
1
;
Huijian CHENG
;
Laibao YANG
;
Hongmei LU
;
Kezhong A
;
Qi ZHAO
;
Shuangfei XU
;
Weibing WANG
Author Information
1. 复旦大学公共卫生学院流行病学教研室，公共卫生安全教育部重点实验室，上海 200032
- Keywords:
Vaccination;
Knowledge-attitude-practice;
Structural equation model
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2021;42(2):309-315
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) on vaccination among children's parents in Jiangxi, Shanghai, and Qinghai and explore the factors influencing KAP.Methods:The study selected two counties/districts in Jiangxi, Shanghai, and Qinghai, respectively, by stratified sampling and used a unified questionnaire to investigate the parental KAP of vaccination. A structural equation model (SEM) was used to explore factors influencing parental KAP, as well as the relationship between knowledge and behavior.Results:Of the 760 valid questionnaires, the knowledge of vaccination among children's parents was better, and the vaccination knowledge of parents in Qinghai and Shanghai were slightly better than those in Jiangxi. Parents mainly obtained vaccination knowledge through medical staff and vaccination manuals. The fitting degree of SEM was relatively good; the root mean square error of approximation of the model is 0.033. The higher the parents' education level, the better their knowledge of vaccination ( β?=0.082). Parental vaccination knowledge could influence whether the vaccinated children stay for half an hour in the clinics ( β?=0.541). It could also impact whether parents giving up vaccinating their children in the face of media reports about the adverse effects of vaccinations ( β?=0.515). Conclusions:The knowledge of vaccination among the parents in Jiangxi, Shanghai, and Qinghai was quite good. Moreover, we should pay more attention to the mass media programs and vaccination knowledge among parents with low or middle education backgrounds. Vaccination knowledge can be disseminated through medical staff, vaccination manuals, or mobile applications.
