Hesitancy of parents towards vaccines in national immunization program in three regions in China: a cross-sectional study
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20210108-00017
- VernacularTitle:中国3个地区儿童家长对国家免疫规划类疫苗犹豫现状研究
- Author:
Tianshuo ZHAO
1
;
Hanyu LIU
;
Hui ZHENG
;
Bingfeng HAN
;
Bei LIU
;
Jiang LIU
;
Chunyan ZHAO
;
Xiaojing LI
;
Shubo YANG
;
Juan DU
;
Ninghua HUANG
;
Qingbin LU
;
Yaqiong LIU
;
Fuqiang CUI
Author Information
1. 北京大学公共卫生学院流行病与卫生统计学系 100191
- Keywords:
Vaccine hesitancy;
Immunization program;
Vaccination rate
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2021;42(9):1615-1620
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the incidence and determinants of vaccine hesitancy towards national immunization program in China and understand the current status of parents' hesitancy to different vaccines used in national immunization program.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Beijing, Sichuan and Gansu. The methods of proportional probability sampling and convenience sampling were used to select the eligible study subjects for questionnaire surveys.Results:A total of 3 592 parents were enrolled in the study, in whom 38.22% fully accepted all the vaccines, 59.35% agreed to let their children to receive all the vaccines but showed slight concern, and 2.42% had hesitancy to the vaccines. The vaccine with the most hesitancy was polio vaccine (0.89%), followed by diphtheria pertussis tetanus vaccine (0.70%) and hepatitis A vaccine (0.64%). The dominant reason for vaccine hesitancy was the risk-benefit perception of vaccination (31.03%), followed by the low awareness of the parents (21.84%) and the inconvenience caused by distance and time (21.84%).Conclusions:The incidence of vaccine hesitancy towards national immunization program was low in parents in China, but over 50% of the parents showed concern to the vaccines. It is essential to improve the service quality of national immunization program and strengthen the health education about the vaccination to reduce the incidence of vaccine hesitancy in parents.
