Abstract
BackgroundOne of the most effective public health interventions in the world is immunization. However, some parents doubt its usefulness and safety. Many factors influence their decision to vaccinate, including their sociodemographic characteristics, their trust in the public health system, the parent-physician relationship, their level of knowledge and their attitudes towards vaccination. Our objective was to determine the factors, especially the parent-physician communication, associated with parental knowledge, attitudes and practices of their children’s vaccination.MethodsThree thousand five hundred parents (father, mother or both) of children aged between 1 month and 15 years were approached by a trained personnel who performed the data collection through personal interviews (February–April 2019).ResultsThe response rate was 79.5%. The results of the multivariable analysis showed that a better patient-physician communication was significantly associated with higher knowledge, better attitude and practice. Better knowledge was significantly associated with better attitude, whereas better knowledge and attitude were significantly associated with better practice.ConclusionOur study shows the importance of good physician-patient communication in improving knowledge, attitude and practice of parents towards their children’s vaccination.
Highlights
One of the most effective public health interventions in the world is immunization
Participants were enrolled in a proportionate way from each region according to the number of persons living in each district according to the Central Agency of Statistics in Lebanon
In a study done in Quebec, the majority of mothers had a low level of knowledge on vaccination, even those who intended to have their infant vaccinated as recommended [33]
Summary
One of the most effective public health interventions in the world is immunization. Some parents doubt its usefulness and safety. Many factors influence their decision to vaccinate, including their sociodemographic characteristics, their trust in the public health system, the parent-physician relationship, their level of knowledge and their attitudes towards vaccination. One of the most important discoveries in medicine is vaccination It is one aspect of public health that is considered the most cost-effective in reducing the prevalence of life-threatening and contagious diseases [1]. One study done in the US mentioned that the number of parents who refused to vaccinate their children doubled between the. In 2018, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 20 million children were not vaccinated against “measles, diphtheria and tetanus” [6]. In 2017, 1.5 million children died from VPD [4]
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