Alawneh Issa, Saymeh Abdulkareem, Yasin Ahmad, Alawneh Maysa, Al-Tatari Hossam
Department of Pediatrics, Najah University Hospital, Nablus, State of Palestine.
Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Adv Prev Med. 2020 Oct 31;2020:8028172. doi: 10.1155/2020/8028172. eCollection 2020.
Parental acceptance of routine childhood immunization is critical to protecting children's health, as high vaccination-coverage rates lead to decreased rates of vaccine-preventable diseases. However, to communicate effectively with parents about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases, it is necessary to assess their vaccine-related attitudes and concerns continually. Recently the Palestine Ministry of Health has recorded epidemics of measles and mumps. Poor compliance with vaccination has been attributed to multiple factors including physician inadequacy advocating for vaccination and public mistrust of vaccinations. As a result, this study was conducted to describe the vaccine-related attitudes, concerns, and information sources of North Palestinian parents of young children. A cross-sectional survey was conducted involving parents visiting emergency departments and primary health care centers from different North Palestinian hospitals and centers. 480 surveys were eligible and analyzed. The surveys revealed that although parental confidence in vaccine safety is high, several vaccine-related concerns, such as pain from vaccine administration and the number of vaccines given at once, were common among parents of young children. To maintain and improve the success of childhood vaccines in preventing disease, a holistic approach is needed to address parents' concerns in an ongoing manner. Listening and responding in ways and with resources that address specific questions and concerns could help parents make more informed vaccination decisions.
父母对儿童常规免疫接种的接受程度对于保护儿童健康至关重要，因为高疫苗接种覆盖率会降低疫苗可预防疾病的发病率。然而，要与父母就疫苗及疫苗可预防疾病进行有效沟通，就必须持续评估他们对疫苗的态度和担忧。最近，巴勒斯坦卫生部记录了麻疹和腮腺炎疫情。疫苗接种依从性差归因于多种因素，包括医生在倡导疫苗接种方面的不足以及公众对疫苗接种的不信任。因此，开展本研究以描述巴勒斯坦北部幼儿父母对疫苗的态度、担忧及信息来源。对来自巴勒斯坦北部不同医院和中心的急诊科和初级卫生保健中心就诊的父母进行了横断面调查。480份调查问卷符合要求并进行了分析。调查显示，尽管父母对疫苗安全性的信心较高，但一些与疫苗相关的担忧，如接种疫苗时的疼痛以及一次接种的疫苗数量，在幼儿父母中很常见。为了维持并提高儿童疫苗在预防疾病方面的成效，需要采取整体方法持续解决父母的担忧。以能够解决具体问题和担忧的方式并利用相关资源倾听并做出回应，有助于父母做出更明智的疫苗接种决策。
