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A qualitative systematic review of factors influencing parents' vaccination decision-making in the United Kingdom.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Parents' and informal caregivers' experiences of accessing childhood vaccination services within the United Kingdom: a systematic scoping review of empirical evidence.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Enablers to high vaccination uptake among a disadvantaged minority population: a qualitative study of the Arab population of Israel.Israel journal of health policy research · 2024Article
- Factors associated with HPV vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in Africa: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Barriers to Childhood Immunisation and Local Strategies in Four Districts in South Africa: A Qualitative Study.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Learning from the universal, proactive outreach of the Brazilian Community Health Worker model: impact of a Community Health and Wellbeing Worker initiative on vaccination, cancer screening and NHS health check uptake in a deprived community in the UK.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Adolescent and parental decision-making for the MenACWY vaccination: influential predictors and parental-adolescent differences among households in the Netherlands.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- The predictive role of parental attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and child vulnerability: A multi-country study on the relationship between parental vaccine hesitancy and financial well-being.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge and attitude on infant vaccination among university staff in Malaysian public university.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
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- Bargaining and gendered authority: a framework to understand household decision-making about childhood vaccines in the Philippines.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- A Video-Based Behavioral Intervention Associated with Improved HPV Knowledge and Intention to Vaccinate.Vaccines · 2022Article
- A 5-year look-back at the notification and management of vaccine supply shortages in Germany.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2022Article
- Trust, affect, and choice in parents' vaccination decision-making and health-care provider selection in Switzerland.Sociology of health & illness · 2022Article
- A qualitative interview study with parents to identify barriers and drivers to childhood vaccination and inform public health interventions.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh uptake of vaccinations is crucial for disease prevention. Although overall uptake of childhood immunisations is high in the United Kingdom (UK), pockets of lower uptake remain. Novel systematic methods have not been employed when reviewing the qualitative literature examining parents' vaccination decisions.
aimsWe aimed to conduct a qualitative systematic review of studies in the UK to understand factors influencing parental decisions to vaccinate a child.
methodsOn 12/2/14 we searched PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL plus, Embase, Social Policy and Practice and Web of Science for studies using qualitative methods and reporting reasons why parents in the UK had or had not immunised their child. Participant quotes and authors' interpretations of qualitative data were extracted from the results of articles. Thematic synthesis was used to develop higher-order themes (conducted in 2015).
results34 papers were included. Two types of decision-making had been adopted: non-deliberative and deliberative. With non-deliberative decisions parents felt they had no choice, were happy to comply and/or relied on social norms. Deliberative decisions involved weighing up the risks and benefits, considering others' advice/experiences and social judgement. Emotions affected deliberative decision-making. Trust in information and vaccine stakeholders was integral to all decision-making. Practical issues affected those who intended to vaccinate.
conclusionsParents adopted two different approaches to decision-making about childhood vaccinations. By understanding more about the mechanisms underpinning parents' vaccination behaviour, in collaboration with vaccine stakeholders, we can better design interventions to enhance informed uptake.
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