School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
Head of the Health Promotion Program and Head of the Health and Risk Communication Lab, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 27;10:871015. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.871015. eCollection 2022.
Vaccines have contributed to the decline in mortality, morbidity, and even the eradication of various infectious diseases. Over time, the availability of information to the public and the request for public involvement in the health decision-making process have risen, and the confidence in vaccines has dropped. An increasing number of parents and individuals are choosing to delay or refuse vaccines.
(1) Identifying hesitant attitudes among pro-vaccination parents; (2) testing the difference between the rate of hesitant attitudes and the rate of hesitancy in practice among pro-vaccination parents; and (3) examining the association of sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, marital status education and religious affiliation) with the difference between hesitant attitudes and hesitancy in practice among pro-vaccination parents.
Descriptive cross-sectional survey using an online survey that measured vaccine hesitancy among pro-vaccination parents ( = 558) whose children were in kindergarten (3-5 years), according to a variety of sociodemographic characteristics.
A significant difference was found between the rate of hesitant attitudes and the rate of hesitation in actual vaccination among pro-vaccination and hesitant parents, where despite that 26% of the parents had hesitant attitudes, only 19% hesitated in practice [ = 0.0003]. There was also a significant difference between the rate of hesitant attitudes and the rate of hesitancy in practice among women [ = 0.0056] and men [ = 0.0158], parents between 30 and 39 years of age [ = 0.0008], traditional parents [ = 0.0093], Non-academic parents [ = 0.0007] and parents with BA degree [ = 0.0474].
Pro-vaccination individuals may have hesitant attitudes regarding vaccines. Therefore, it is very important for health authorities to address the public's fears and concerns, including those who are classified as pro-vaccination.
疫苗的使用降低了各种传染病的死亡率、发病率，甚至消灭了某些传染病。随着时间的推移，公众可以获得的信息以及公众参与卫生决策过程的需求增加了，而对疫苗的信心却有所下降。越来越多的父母和个人选择推迟或拒绝接种疫苗。
（1）确定支持疫苗接种的父母中的犹豫态度；（2）检验支持疫苗接种的父母中犹豫态度的发生率与实际犹豫接种率之间的差异；（3）研究社会人口学特征（性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度和宗教信仰）与支持疫苗接种的父母中犹豫态度与实际犹豫接种率之间差异的关系。
使用在线问卷调查进行描述性横断面研究，调查了幼儿园（3-5 岁）儿童的支持疫苗接种父母（=558）的疫苗犹豫情况，调查根据多种社会人口学特征进行。
在支持疫苗接种和犹豫接种的父母中，犹豫态度的发生率与实际接种犹豫率之间存在显著差异，尽管有 26%的父母存在犹豫态度，但实际上只有 19%的父母犹豫接种[=0.0003]。在女性[=0.0056]和男性[=0.0158]、30-39 岁的父母[=0.0008]、传统父母[=0.0093]、非学术父母[=0.0007]和 BA 学位的父母[=0.0474]中，犹豫态度的发生率与实际犹豫接种率之间也存在显著差异。
支持疫苗接种的个人可能对疫苗存在犹豫态度。因此，卫生当局非常有必要解决公众的担忧和顾虑，包括那些被归类为支持疫苗接种的人。
