ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2003
Factors influencing childhood influenza immunization.
Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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- Caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19: Cross sectional survey.Vaccine · 2020Article
- A multi-site feasibility study to assess fever and wheezing in children after influenza vaccines using text messaging.Vaccine · 2017Observational
- Assessing Fever Frequency After Pediatric Live Attenuated Versus Inactivated Influenza Vaccination.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2017Article
- The impact of an educational intervention on parents' decisions to vaccinate their <60-month-old children against influenza.Korean journal of pediatrics · 2017Article
- Factors impacting influenza vaccination of urban low-income Latino children under nine years requiring two doses in the 2010-2011 season.Journal of community health · 2015Article
- Coverage and parental perceptions of influenza vaccination among parents of children aged 6 to 23 months in Hong Kong.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Children with special health care needs and preparedness: experiences from seasonal influenza and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2012Article
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- Parental reasons for non-uptake of influenza vaccination in young at-risk groups: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Review
- Marketing paediatric influenza vaccination: results of a major metropolitan trial.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2011Article
- Private Pediatric Clinic Characteristics Associated with Influenza Immunization Efforts in the State of Georgia: A Pilot Evaluation.The open health services and policy journal · 2008Article
- Improving influenza immunisation for high-risk children and adolescents.Quality & safety in health care · 2007Article
- Changes in parents' perceptions of infant influenza vaccination over two years.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2007Article
- Beliefs and attitudes about influenza immunization among parents of children with chronic medical conditions over a two-year period.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2006Article
- Parental perspectives on influenza vaccination of children with chronic medical conditions.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2006Article
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Abstract
Following the launch of a publicly funded influenza immunization program for all residents of Ontario over the age of 6 months, we evaluated 203 parents of children who presented to our emergency department between January and March of the following year (2001). Overall, 54 (27%) of the children had been vaccinated. Parents of non-immunized children were more likely to believe that immunization resulted in a flu-like illness (42% v. 17%; p = 0.001), caused side effects that were more severe than having influenza (36% v. 17%; p = 0.010) and weakened the immune system (52% v. 24%; p < 0.001). Parents of both immunized and non-immunized children incorrectly identified gastrointestinal symptoms as symptoms of influenza. The primary reason for deciding against immunization was the belief that their child was not at risk. After adjustment, children with a chronic disease were more likely than those without a chronic disease to be immunized (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 4.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-12.6). Children of parents who discussed immunization with a physician were more likely to be immunized than those who had not discussed immunization with a physician (OR 6.8, 95% CI 2.4-19.2).
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