ArticleScandinavian journal of public health2022
Why do parents refuse childhood vaccination? Reasons reported in Finland.
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- A systematic review on parental vaccine hesitancy for childhood immunizations in the European region: Can findings be generalized?Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Overview of adult immunization in Finland: Successes, lessons learned and the way forward.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Review
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- Coverage and associated factors of inactivated polio vaccine uptake among children aged 12-23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Social determinants of vaccine hesitancy among the Lebanese parents: A cross-sectional Study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Understanding barriers to influenza vaccination among parents is important to improve vaccine uptake among children.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- "Polio resurgence in Pakistan: unraveling the causes and addressing the consequences".Infection ecology & epidemiology · 2025Article
- Spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes to influenza and childhood vaccines.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Attitudes and perceptions of mothers towards childhood vaccination in Greece: lessons to improve the childhood COVID-19 vaccination acceptance.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Predictors of Real-World Parents' Acceptance to Vaccinate Their Children Against the COVID-19.Acta medica Lituanic · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsThis article examines the reasons for partial and complete refusal of childhood vaccination as reported by parents in Finland. It analyzes perceptions and experiences central in vaccination decisions.
methodsThe analysis is based on 38 in-depth interviews with Finnish parents who have refused all or several vaccines for their children. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsThree categories of reasons were identified in the analysis: 1) risks and effects of vaccination - concern about and/or experiences of possible side-effects was the most important reason for avoiding vaccines; 2) distrust - participants did not trust vaccination recommendations made by health officials and medical professionals due to perceived bias in medical research, ties between health officials and the pharmaceutical industry, and personal experiences of (suspected) adverse effects and the way these concerns were received in healthcare institutions; 3) health perceptions and practices - parents supported their vaccination choices with complementary and alternative medicine treatments and alternative health understandings. Many stated that contracting vaccine-preventable illnesses would provide longer lasting and more 'natural' immunity than vaccination, and possibly other health benefits.
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