ArticleHeliyon2018
Adolescents trust physicians for vaccine information more than their parents or religious leaders.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the determinants of vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence among adolescents: a systematic review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Pooled it
- Digital Health Literacy of Adolescents and Its Association with Vaccination Literacy: The First Evidence from Lithuania.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Medical Mistrust: A Concept Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Medical and public health professionals' perceived facilitators and barriers of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among African American adolescents in Shelby County, Tennessee.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Healthcare University Courses Fail to Improve Opinions, Knowledge, and Attitudes toward Vaccines among Healthcare Students: A Southern Italy Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Human papillomavirus vaccine communication materials for young people in English-speaking countries: A content analysis.Health education journal · 2022Article
- What do adolescents think about vaccines? Systematic review of qualitative studies.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- The willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine and affecting factors among healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study in Turkey.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Article
- News authentication and tampered images: evaluating the photo-truth impact through image verification algorithms.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Recommending immunizations to adolescents in Turkey: a study of the knowledge, attitude, and practices of physicians.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although, evidence clearly supports vaccination as the most cost effective approach to controlling infectious diseases there are many individuals questioning, delaying and refusing vaccines. The main purpose of this study was to find out what source of information adolescents trust the most on vaccines. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of public high school students using a paper-based questionnaire in a region with a high rate of vaccine acceptance to assess sources they trusted most for vaccine information. Surveys were administered over a one-week period in the fall of 2017. We gave forms to 200 students to obtain parental consent and student assent and then distributed our questionnaire to the 125 students who completed these consent/assent forms. A total of 105 completed questionnaires were returned. The major finding was that students reported physicians as their most trusted source for vaccine information. Secondary analysis was performed looking at the perceptions teenagers have relative to risks and effectiveness of vaccines for the prevention of communicable diseases. Most teenagers (62%) reported their physician or other medical professional as the most trusted source and 24% cited parents/guardians. We found that physicians were the most trusted source for information about vaccinations, above parents, in this group of high school students.
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