Vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents: An international ID-IRI survey

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dc.authoridsari, sema/0000-0002-1977-8547
dc.authoridramadan, manar/0000-0002-9688-5602
dc.authoridkul, gulnur/0000-0001-7317-3461
dc.authoridMarino, Andrea/0000-0002-5650-6911
dc.authoridBekcibasi, Muhammed/0000-0003-0230-9127
dc.authoridPetrov, Michael/0000-0002-6214-3408
dc.authoridKhedr, Reham/0000-0001-5355-8225
dc.contributor.authorCag, Yakup
dc.contributor.authorAl Madadha, Mohammad Emad
dc.contributor.authorAnkarali, Handan
dc.contributor.authorCag, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorOnder, Kubra Demir
dc.contributor.authorSeremet-Keskin, Aysegul
dc.contributor.authorKizilates, Filiz
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:45:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Although vaccines are the safest and most effective means to prevent and control infectious diseases, the increasing rate of vaccine hesitancy and refusal (VHR) has become a worldwide concern. We aimed to find opinions of parents on vaccinating their children and contribute to available literature in order to support the fight against vaccine refusal by investigating the reasons for VHR on a global scale. Methodology: In this international cross-sectional multicenter study conducted by the Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI), a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions was used to determine parents' attitudes towards vaccination of their children. Results: Four thousand and twenty-nine (4,029) parents were included in the study and 2,863 (78.1%) were females. The overall VHR rate of the parents was found to be 13.7%. Nineteen-point three percent (19.3%) of the parents did not fully comply with the vaccination programs. The VHR rate was higher in high-income (HI) countries. Our study has shown that parents with disabled children and immunocompromised children, with low education levels, and those who use social media networks as sources of information for childhood immunizations had higher VHR rates (p < 0.05 for all). Conclusions: Seemingly all factors leading to VHR are related to training of the community and the sources of training. Thus, it is necessary to develop strategies at a global level and provide reliable knowledge to combat VHR.
dc.identifier.doi10.3855/jidc.16085
dc.identifier.endpage1088
dc.identifier.issn1972-2680
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid35797304
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85134257818
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage1081
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.16085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24742
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000825225800021
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJ Infection Developing Countries
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infection in Developing Countries
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectVaccine hesitancy
dc.subjectvaccine refusal
dc.subjectparents
dc.titleVaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents: An international ID-IRI survey
dc.typeArticle

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