"It's Like 1998 Again": Why Parents Still Refuse and Delay Vaccines.
"It's Like 1998 Again": Why Parents Still Refuse and Delay Vaccines.
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DOI:
10.1177/2333794x211042331
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Opel DJ
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作者:
Ugale JL;Spielvogle H;Spina C;Perreira C;Katz B;Pahud B;Dempsey AF;Robinson JD;Garrett K;O'Leary ST;Opel DJ
We conducted a qualitative study from 2018 to 2019 to update the reasons why US parents’ refuse or delay vaccines. Four focus groups and 4 semi-structured interviews involving 33 primary care pediatric providers were conducted in Washington and Colorado. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify themes related to reasons for parental refusal or delay. Five predominant themes were identified: (1) vaccine safety, (2) relative influence of information sources, decision-makers, and timing, (3) low perceived risk of contracting vaccine-preventable disease, (4) lack of trust, and (5) religious objection. Vaccine safety was the theme mentioned most frequently by providers (N = 45 times by 26 providers) and religious objection to vaccination was referred to the least (N = 6 times by 6 providers). Provider-reported reasons for parental refusal or delay of childhood vaccines in 2018 to 2019 remain similar to those reported in previous studies.