Prevalence of Turkish Parent Refusal and Hesitance Rate and Its Associated Factors in Childhood Vaccination (Prevalens Kadar Penolakan dan Keraguan Vaksinasi Kanak-kanak dan Faktornya Dalam Kalangan Ibu Bapa Turki )
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2022-2002-02
- Author:
ALI ÖZLEM
1
;
ARZU ÖZLEM
2
;
MESUT KOÇAK
3
;
NIMETCAN MEHMET
2
Author Information
1. Pediatric Department, Sincan Government Hospital Ankara
2. Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirm Beyazit University
3. Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yildirm Beyazit University
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Childhood vaccine;
vaccine hesitance;
vaccine rejection
- From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences
2022;20(No.2):11-22
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The Rejection of childhood vaccination is still a major issue in many countries. The aim of the study was to assess
prevalence of Turkish parent refusal and hesitance rate and its associated factors in Childhood vaccination. A crosssectional study was carried out at the General Pediatric Poly Clinic of Ankara Keçören Training and Research Hospital
from January – to April 2020. Data was collected using a questionnaire via face to face interviews with parents. We
included parents who have 6 months to 7 years old children, who visited the clinic during the study period and who
accepted to join the study. A total of 809 mothers and 132 fathers participated in the survey. Among the parents, 1.2%
of them refused the vaccination of their children and 4.8 % of them had incomplete vaccination of their children. More
than half (67.4%) of the parents have a high level of knowledge about vaccines. knowledge level was statistically
significantly different based on the participant’s occupation, income, education background and father’s age (P <0.05).
A majority (72.2%) of the participants had good attitudes toward childhood vaccination, there is no statistically
significance based on their occupation, age, income and education background (P > 0.05). Parents with one child had
bad attitudes towards vaccines (35.4%).
- Full text:14.2022my0415.pdf
