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Demonte F, Bruno DP, Lozano LS, Mena MF, Pereira AM. [Public conversation on vaccines during the covid-19 pandemic in Argentina, 2021-2022]. Salud Colect 2024; 20:e4580. [PMID: 38395063 DOI: 10.18294/sc.2024.4580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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In the face of declining vaccination coverage and the dissemination of health-related information, conversations in the public/mediatic digital sphere constitute a relevant study area for the field of health communication. Through a qualitative study based on the analysis of government publications, digital press, and social media, we characterize the public conversation on vaccines - in terms of topics, moments, axes, and framings in Argentina during the 2020-2021 period - marked by the debate on covid-19 vaccines. The results show that public conversation focused on covid-19 vaccination, structured in two distinct moments (vaccine production and vaccination campaign), and under moral framings grounded in vaccination as a care practice and science as an authoritative voice. Simultaneously, doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines shaped arguments of vaccine hesitancy, which we understand as part of extended practices associated with distrust towards institutions and reinterpretations of scientific knowledge and care.
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- Flavia Demonte
- Posdoctora en Ciencias Sociales. Investigadora Adjunta, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, con sede en Escuela Interdisciplinaria de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Posdoctora en Ciencias Sociales. Investigadora, Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social, Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Investigadora, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Licenciado en Comunicación Social. Epidemiólogo, Dirección de VIH, ITS y HV. Epidemiólogo, Hospital Cuenca Alta Néstor Kirchner. Coordinador docente, Residencia de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Licenciada en Ciencias Antropológicas. Becaria doctoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Especialista en Epidemiología. Profesor en Ciencias Antropológicas. Docente adjunto, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. Antropólogo, CeSAC N°24, Ministerio de Salud del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Need for Health Education and Vaccination-Importance of Teacher Training and Family Involvement. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10010110. [PMID: 35052274 PMCID: PMC8775884 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The health emergency due to COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of vaccination and its impact on social welfare. Inequalities have surfaced that affect the most vulnerable and those millions of children do not receive the necessary vaccines. Health education becomes a fundamental resource for citizens to access universal rights. One thousand people from 76 countries on five continents participated in this research in 2019–2020, from the health, education, and economic sectors. A descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative design was used. The instrument used was a correctly validated questionnaire: VACUNASEDUCA. The objectives were to reflect on the adequacy of teacher training and their awareness for the proper use of vaccines and to analyze the knowledge of parents about the consequences of vaccination. The results demonstrate the importance of teacher training and health education, with positive involvement of the family. The most favorable group is female, under 30 years, from the European continent, with a very high Human Development Index (HDI), and from the education sector. In conclusion, it is noted that, within the framework of the fourth industrial revolution, education must be configured with innovative approaches and tools, making it necessary to intervene in the context considering their cultural characteristics and promoting healthy lifestyle habits.
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García-Toledano E, López-Parra E, Cebrián-Martínez A, Palomares-Ruiz A. Inclusive Education for Health: Analysis of the Mandatory Nature of Vaccination and Its Regulation by Administrations, and Implications and Considerations for Vaccination against COVID. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:73. [PMID: 35062733 PMCID: PMC8779074 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10010073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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In the process of vaccination against COVID-19, the problem of parents who do not want to vaccinate their school-age children has been evident. A conflict arises between two fundamental rights: the right to ideological freedom, privacy, and physical integrity of parents and minors who do not opt for vaccination; and the right to health of the rest of the children who attend the same school, provoking a social debate on the need to introduce regulatory changes that favor the mandatory imposition of vaccination in certain cases. This research offers an observational study through a cross-sectional design of a quantitative nature, in which one thousand people belonging to the education, health, and economy sectors from seventy-six countries of five continents have participated. The instrument used was a previously validated questionnaire: VACUNASEDUCA. It was considered essential to know the awareness of vaccination processes of professionals from essential social sectors. Therefore, the objectives were: to reflect on the measures of mandatory vaccination, to know the importance of teachers being able to demand a regulated vaccination card from students, to study the need for regulation by administrations of compliance with vaccines, and to analyze the importance of health education. It has been shown that women and those under thirty years of age are the least in favor of compulsory vaccination, with the health sector being the most defending of their demand, and with Europe with the lowest means. It is concluded that mandatory vaccination could be an acceptable tactical option to prevent high-risk situations.
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- Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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Martin-Fumadó C, Aragonès L, Esquerda Areste M, Arimany-Manso J. Medico-legal, ethical and deontological considerations of vaccination against COVID-19 in healthcare professionals. MEDICINA CLINICA (ENGLISH ED.) 2021; 157:79-84. [PMID: 34151023 PMCID: PMC8196330 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcle.2021.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Carles Martin-Fumadó
- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Cátedra de Responsabilidad Profesional Médica y Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Comisión de Deontología, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut Borja de Bioètica, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
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- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Cátedra de Responsabilidad Profesional Médica y Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Martin-Fumadó C, Aragonès L, Esquerda Areste M, Arimany-Manso J. [Medico-legal, ethical and deontological considerations of vaccination against COVID-19 in healthcare professionals]. Med Clin (Barc) 2021; 157:79-84. [PMID: 34034917 PMCID: PMC8101795 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/30/2022]
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- Carles Martin-Fumadó
- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, España; Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, España; Cátedra de Responsabilidad Profesional Médica y Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
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- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, España
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- Comisión de Deontología, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Cataluña, Barcelona, España; Institut Borja de Bioètica, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, España
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- Área de Praxis, Servicio de Responsabilidad Profesional, Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona, Consejo de Colegios de Médicos de Catalunya, Barcelona, España; Cátedra de Responsabilidad Profesional Médica y Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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García-Toledano E, Palomares-Ruiz A, Cebrián-Martínez A, López-Parra E. Health Education and Vaccination for the Construction of Inclusive Societies. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9080813. [PMID: 34451938 PMCID: PMC8402369 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9080813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Globalization has led to what has happened in a certain part of the world having a significant and rapid impact on other places, causing significant changes in health problems. In the last quarter of the 18th century, the history of vaccination began, becoming an effective tool to prevent and control communicable diseases. This paper proposes an observational research with a cross-sectional design to study the importance of health education and vaccination in building inclusive societies. With a sample of 1000 participants from 76 countries, vaccine awareness and regulation were analyzed, considering the following variables: gender, age, sector, Human Development Index (HDI), and continent. The instrument used was a questionnaire (VACUNASEDUCA) developed for this research and timely validated. As a result, it is highlighted that the profiles of women, people under 30 years of age, education sector, high Human Development Index, and European continent are those that most value the importance of raising awareness in society and the regulation of actions for vaccination compliance. The consequences of "vaccine reluctance" are of concern in every country on the planet. Therefore, it is concluded that effective and evidence-based communication is key to allaying fears and promoting acceptance of vaccination around the world, building inclusive societies in which all citizens enjoy the health benefits.
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- Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain; (A.C.-M.); (E.L.-P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain; (A.C.-M.); (E.L.-P.)
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- Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain; (A.C.-M.); (E.L.-P.)
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Gentile A, Pacchiotti AC, Giglio N, Nolte MF, Talamona N, Rogers V, Berenstein A, Castellano VE. Vaccine hesitancy in Argentina: Validation of WHO scale for parents. Vaccine 2021; 39:4611-4619. [PMID: 34238609 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The WHO SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy developed the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) to identify and compare hesitancy in different global settings. The objectives of the study were to describe and analyze vaccine hesitancy and to validate the VHS in a group of parents in Buenos Aires city, Argentina. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in parents of 1-3 and 12-15 year-old children at three health centres in Buenos Aires City, between June 2018 and May 2019. Sociodemographic data were collected together with history of refusal and/or delay in children's vaccination (defined as hesitancy). The 10-item VHS using 5-point Likert-scale (higher scores indicating lower hesitancy) was administered and children's immunization record cards were verified. Link between hesitancy and socio-demographic variables, and hesitancy and vaccination status was analyzed for five specific vaccines. Cronbach's α was used to determine internal consistency reliability and factor analysis to confirm survey subdomains. Simple and multiple regression analysis was used to examine associations between VHS scores and hesitancy, and VHS scores and vaccination status. RESULTS Six hundred parents were surveyed and 469 immunization cards verified; 11.5% (n = 69) parents were hesitant. High maternal educational level showed significant association with hesitancy (OR 2.66 95% CI: 1.20-5.9) in the adjusted model. Hesitancy was significantly associated with incomplete MMR vaccination in children (OR 4.43 95% CI: 1.08-8.20) and HPV vaccination in adolescents (OR 3.75 95% CI: 1.54-9.12). Cronbach's α was 0.66 and factor analysis identified three underlying constructs: "Benefits", "Harms" and "Confidence in healthcare system". High scores in VHS were associated with lack of hesitancy (OR 1.2 95% CI: 1.13-1.27) and complete vaccination status (OR 1.07 95% CI: 1.02-1.12). CONCLUSIONS Hesitancy was associated with high maternal educational level, and incomplete MMR and HPV immunization status in children and adolescents. VHS was a reliable and valid tool in this population.
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- Angela Gentile
- Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital Alemán, Pueyrredon 1640, C1118AAT Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Salud y Acción Comunitaria N° 15, Humberto 1° 470, C1103ACJ Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Tomljenovic H, Bubic A, Erceg N. Contribution of rationality to vaccine attitudes: Testing two hypotheses. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING 2021; 35:e2260. [PMID: 34518738 PMCID: PMC8426977 DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Although previous studies have demonstrated an association between vaccine attitudes and cognitive biases, often resulting in vaccination hesitancy, the exact contribution of rationality has not been fully clarified. We tested two hypotheses regarding the impact of rationality on vaccine attitudes stemming from bounded and expressive rationality. We focused on parental vaccine attitudes operationalized by the affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitude components and investigated how these are influenced by disillusionment toward authorities and ability to engage in rational thinking operationalized using cognitive reflection and heuristics and biases tasks. The study was of a cross‐sectional correlational design with a non‐probabilistic sample of 823 volunteer participants surveyed online in April and May 2018 in Croatia. The results identified disillusionment toward authorities as a predictor of all components. Furthermore, performance on heuristics and biases tasks also predicted the affective and cognitive, but not the behavioral component, whereas cognitive reflection had no impact on vaccine attitudes. Next, a moderation effect of disillusionment toward authorities on the association between the omission bias task and all attitude components was identified. Parents with low disillusionment demonstrated positive vaccine attitudes regardless of their rationality, whereas for parents with high disillusionment a significant positive correlation between performance on the omission bias task as assessed with a vaccination vignette and attitudes was identified. This suggests that the ability to resist vaccine specific omission bias, that is, higher rationality, can decrease the negative effects of disillusionment, which supports the bounded rationality hypothesis.
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Split Split Croatia
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
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Padilla-Bernáldez J, Cruz-Piqueras M, Hortal-Carmona J. [To inhabit (and vaccinate) in Omelas: an ethic of us]. GACETA SANITARIA 2021; 35:509-511. [PMID: 34172311 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Javier Padilla-Bernáldez
- Centro de Salud Rafael Alberti, Madrid, España; Red de Ética Salubrista para la Acción, Cuidados y Observación Social (ESPACyOS), España; Colectivo Silesia, España.
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- Red de Ética Salubrista para la Acción, Cuidados y Observación Social (ESPACyOS), España; Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, España
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- Red de Ética Salubrista para la Acción, Cuidados y Observación Social (ESPACyOS), España; Centro de Salud Albayzín, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España
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Molina Hurtado E, Marín Relaño JA, Poyato Zafra I, Endrino Serrano ME, Leyva Alarcón A, Pérez Milena A. Tasas de cobertura vacunal contra el virus del papiloma humano en adolescentes andaluzas y su relación con el riesgo social y la estrategia vacunal. REVISTA CLÍNICA DE MEDICINA DE FAMILIA 2021. [DOI: 10.55783/rcmf.140207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Objetivo: conocer las tasas de vacunación contra el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) y su relación con la estrategia vacunal y la pertenencia a zonas necesitadas de transformación social (ZNTS).
Diseño: estudio descriptivo, auditoría de historias clínicas.
Emplazamiento: cuatro centros de salud urbanos (2015-2018).
Participantes: adolescentes susceptibles de vacunación contra el VPH.
Mediciones principales: tasas vacunales de acceso, cobertura y deserción.
Resultados: 366 adolescentes (12-16 años). Tasas: acceso 85,5%; cobertura 77,6%; deserción 9,3%. A mayor edad, mejores tasas de acceso (odds ratio [OR]: 6,1) y cobertura (OR: 1,4). La vacunación en el centro de salud se relaciona con una mejor tasa de cobertura (OR: 12,7), pero aumenta significativamente la tasa de deserción (OR: 75,6). Vivir en ZNTS disminuye la tasa de deserción (OR: 0,6).
Conclusiones: la vacunación en centros de salud mejora la tasa de cobertura, pero con mayor riesgo de no completar la vacunación. La tasa de deserción es menor en ZNTS.
Palabras clave: vacunas contra papilomavirus, cobertura de vacunación, áreas de pobreza.
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Elizondo-Alzola U, G. Carrasco M, Pinós L, Picchio CA, Rius C, Diez E. Vaccine hesitancy among paediatric nurses: Prevalence and associated factors. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251735. [PMID: 34010321 PMCID: PMC8133484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective This study describes the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy associated with the Catalan systematic childhood vaccination calendar and some related psychosocial determinants among paediatric primary care nurses in Barcelona (Spain). Methods Cross-sectional descriptive study. In 2017 we invited the paediatric nurses (N = 165) working in Barcelona public primary health centres with paediatric departments (N = 41) to participate. They answered a questionnaire with sociodemographic and behavioural variables: severity and perceived probability of contracting the diseases of the vaccines in the vaccination schedule; safety and protection offered by each vaccine; and beliefs, social norms, and knowledge about vaccines. Outcome variable was vaccine hesitancy, dichotomized into not hesitant (nurses who would vaccinate their own offspring), and hesitant (including those who would not vaccinate them, those who had doubts and those who would delay the administration of one or more vaccines). We performed bivariate analysis and adjusted logistic regression models. Results 83% of paediatric nurses (N = 137) agreed to participate. 67.9% had the intention to vaccinate their children of all the vaccines in the systematic schedule. 32.1% of nurses experienced vaccine hesitancy, especially about the HPV (21.9%) and varicella (17.5%) vaccines. The multivariate analysis suggests associations between hesitancy and low perception of the severity of whooping cough (aOR: 3.88; 95%CI:1.32–11.4), low perception of safety of the HPV vaccine (aOR:8.5;95%CI:1.24–57.8), the belief that vaccines are administered too early (aOR:6.09;95%CI:1.98–18.8), and not having children (aOR:4.05;95%CI:1.22–13.3). Conclusions Although most paediatric nurses had the intention to vaccinate their own children, almost one-third reported some kind of vaccine hesitancy, mainly related to doubts about HPV and varicella vaccines, as well as some misconceptions. These factors should be addressed to enhance nurses’ fundamental role in promoting vaccination to families.
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- Usue Elizondo-Alzola
- Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- * E-mail:
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- Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Department, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Carlos III Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Carlos III Institute, Madrid, Spain
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Tomljenovic H, Bubic A, Hren D. Decision making processes underlying avoidance of mandatory child vaccination in Croatia - a qualitative study. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 41:6210-6224. [PMID: 33071526 PMCID: PMC7553369 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-01110-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Despite extensive research evidencing child vaccination is safe and effective, we are witnessing a trend of increasing vaccine hesitancy which is listed among the top ten global health threats. Although some countries incorporate mandatory vaccination programs, no particularly efficient strategies for addressing vaccine avoidance have so far been identified. Within this study we investigated perceptions and reasoning of vaccine hesitant parents from Croatia where child vaccination is mandatory. The aims were to reveal different strategies by which they avoid mandatory vaccination schedules and hypothetical situations in which they would reconsider vaccinating, as well as to identify features of related decision-making. We conducted 25 semi-structured interviews with vaccine hesitant parents and analyzed the data using the framework of thematic analyses. The identified themes were related to the parents’ decision-making process, reflection as well as justification of their decision, avoidance behavior of mandatory vaccination schedules and related consequences, dealing with outcomes of the decision and reconsidering vaccinating. The results support and extend previous findings regarding vaccine reasoning, linking hesitancy with the experientially intuitive thinking style and social intuitionist model of moral reasoning. The findings provide important insights into vaccination avoidance and potential for reconsideration, as well as dealing with related risks. Furthermore, we offer a general framework as well as practical guidelines that may help the development of strategies aimed at increasing vaccination rates.
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- Chair for Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- Chair for Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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Viegas SMDF, Pereira PLG, Pimenta AM, Lanza FM, Oliveira PPD, Oliveira VCD. Preciso mesmo tomar vacina? Informação e conhecimentosobre vacinasno adolescer. AVANCES EN ENFERMERÍA 2019. [DOI: 10.15446/av.enferm.v37n2.76713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Objetivo: descrever o conhecimento de adolescentes do 9o ano do ensino fundamental de escolas públicas sobre vacinas, as doenças imunopreveníveis e as doenças transmissíveis.Métodos: Estudo epidemiológico transversal, descritivo, desenvolvido com 605 adolescentes de 22 escolas públicas de um município de grande porte do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.Resultados: as fontes de informação mais citadas pelos adolescentes sobre infecções transmissíveis e formas de prevenção foram a escola (65,1%), comunicação de massa (48,4%), e pai e mãe (29,9%). Sobre o conhecimento de infecções/doenças imunopreveníveis, 61,5% dos adolescentes citaram a febre amarela (FA) e 5,6% o papilomavírus humano (HPV). Ademais, 60,7% relataram serem vacinado contra a paralisia infantil, 56% contra a FA, e 5% contra o HPV. A cobertura vacinal média identificada na coleta de dados foi de 45,1%, aumentando para 91% após a vacinação. Considerando as respostas dos adolescentes sobre as vacinas presentes no cartão e qual imunobiológico já tivesse vacinado, a análise de Kappa evidenciou concordância substancial em relação à vacina contra FA e concordância moderada entre as demais vacinas.Conclusão: Evidenciou-se: (des)informação dos adolescentes sobre vacinas, doenças transmissíveis e as imunopreveníveis; baixa cobertura vacinal (41%); a comunicação/informação em saúde foram efetivas na decisão dos adolescentes de se vacinarem, aumentando a cobertura vacinal (91%).
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