Gkentzi Despoina, Benetatou Eleni, Karatza Ageliki, Marangos Markos, Varvarigou Anastasia, Dimitriou Gabriel
Department of Paediatrics, Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece.
56th Primary School, Directorate of Primary Education of Achaia, Patras, Greece.
Infect Chemother. 2021 Jun;53(2):364-367. doi: 10.3947/ic.2020.0153.
Few studies have assessed attitudes and beliefs of school teachers on vaccination. Our cross-sectional questionnaire-based prospective survey aims to explore vaccination coverage and relevant knowledge of school teachers in Greece. Out of the 217 respondents, 93% believe that vaccines offer protection but only 69.7% were completely vaccinated as per adults' National Immunization Schedule. In multivariate analysis, female gender, being a parent, beliefs that vaccination should be mandatory and imposing penalties to vaccine refusals are the main factors that account for teachers' "behavioral" variability towards vaccination. Strengthening the training of school teachers in health promotion should become a priority in the era of the highly anticipated vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).
很少有研究评估学校教师对疫苗接种的态度和信念。我们基于问卷的横断面前瞻性调查旨在探索希腊学校教师的疫苗接种覆盖率和相关知识。在217名受访者中,93%的人认为疫苗能提供保护,但按照成人国家免疫计划,只有69.7%的人完全接种了疫苗。在多变量分析中,女性、身为家长、认为疫苗接种应强制进行以及对拒绝接种疫苗者实施处罚是导致教师在疫苗接种方面“行为”差异的主要因素。在人们高度期待针对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的疫苗的时代,加强对学校教师健康促进方面的培训应成为优先事项。