TY  - JOUR
TI  - Vaccination Status of Children Hospitalized for
Measles: Parental Vaccination Refusal and Related
Factors
AB  - Aim: This study investigated the vaccination status of those children who received inpatient treatment due to measles and explored the beliefs
and practices of their parents related to the refusal of childhood vaccines.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive research performed at a training and research hospital in eastern Turkey. The study data
were collected from the parents of children with measles who were receiving inpatient treatment. In this study, the introductory information
form and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used.
Results: The results revealed that 61.8% of those children with measles had not been vaccinated against measles. Factors that played a role in
the parents’ vaccine refusal included family elders’ unwillingness, negative media reports, the side effects of vaccines, and negative attitudes
towards health care workers. Parents with poor socio-economic status, low educational status, and extended family types were found to have
significantly higher rates of vaccine refusal. The parents had an average state anxiety score of 60.15±5.73 and an average trait anxiety score of
50.21±3.33.
Conclusion: Many factors were found to influence the causes of parents not having their children vaccinated. Community-based training
is needed to address the parents’ misconceptions, concerns, and lack of knowledge about vaccinations. Renewing policies on vaccinations,
establishing standards, and imposing legal sanctions can be effective in reducing vaccine refusal rates.
AU  - Zengin, Mürşide
AU  - Düken, Mehmet Emin
AU  - YAYAN, Emriye Hilal
DO  - 10.4274/jpr.galenos.2021.58234
PY  - 2022
JO  - The Journal of Pediatric Research
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SN  - 2147-9445
SP  - 76
EP  - 83
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/527478
ER  -