ArticleWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2017
Parental attitudes towards influenza vaccination for children in South India.
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- Awareness, Attitude, and Current Practices Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Physicians in India: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Demographics of Vaccine Hesitancy in Chandigarh, India.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Saudi Children: Parental Barriers and Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Influenza vaccination: Some clinical concerns for South Asian practitioner.The Indian journal of medical research · 2019Article
- Parents' attitude, awareness and behaviour towards influenza vaccination in Pakistan.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe rate of influenza vaccination is low for children in India. The purpose of this study is to assess parental attitudes towards influenza vaccination in South India.
methodsParticipants were parents who brought their children to the Well Baby Clinic of Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India for routine immunization. Participants answered questions by written survey while waiting for their children's vaccination.
resultsA total of 456 surveys were completed (403 parents did not opt for trivalent influenza vaccination and 53 opted for influenza vaccination). The majority (53.60%) of those parents who did not accept influenza vaccination identified the lack of a doctor's recommendation as the main reason. When asked separately, many non-acceptors (44.91%) indicated that they did not believe or were not sure that the influenza vaccine was effective. Nearly all non-acceptors (92.56%) stated that they would opt for influenza vaccination if a doctor recommended it.
conclusionsThe most common reason that parents not opting for influenza vaccination for their children was the lack of recommendation by a doctor. The results of this study suggest that recommendation by a doctor is a more important factor than belief in efficacy, cost, or convenience in parental decision-making regarding childhood influenza vaccination in India, unlike the United States where parents are less likely to follow recommendations.
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