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| Parents' cognition on children’s non-immunization program vaccination choices and influencing factors |
| JIA Ru1, GU Fen2, LIU Ping3, YU Qun3, JIANG Liping3 |
1. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092 , China; 2. Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China; 3. Department of Nursing, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China |
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Abstract Objective To explore parents’ cognition on children’s non-immunization program vaccination choices and the influencing factors. Methods Parents of children receiving normal physical examinations in a child care clinic were investigated by using a uniformly designed general information questionnaire and a non-immunization program vaccination questionnaire. The relevant data were statistically analyzed. Results A total of 789 valid questionnaires were collected, with 460 children（58.3%）receiving non-immunization program vaccines. Among the parents, 331（42.0%） preferred imported vaccines. The non-immunization program vaccines with the highest levels of awareness among parentswere the influenza vaccine（17.25%）, the 13-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine（14.43%）, andthe human papillomavirus vaccine（14.33%）. The vaccines with the highest vaccination rates were the varicella vaccine
（22.43%）, the rotavirus vaccine（22.11%）, and the influenza vaccine（20.44%）. Mothers and parents with a bachelor’s degree or higher were more willing to vaccinate their children with non-immunization program vaccines（P<0.05）. Parents with a postgraduate degree and an annual household income exceeding 500 000 yuan were more inclined to choose imported vaccines（P<0.05）. Conclusion Awareness of non-immunization program vaccines among parents and vaccination rates among children are relatively low. Parents show a preference to imported vaccines. There is a need to strengthen the promotion and education of non-immunization program vaccines, particularly those that are domestically produced.
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