A pilot study: Parental attitudes and perceptions of childhood immunisations in a singapore primary healthcare setting. Lim, P. H., Sim, Y. F., Mathews, J., & Drury, V. B. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 42(9 SUPPL. 1):S316, 2013. ![A pilot study: Parental attitudes and perceptions of childhood immunisations in a singapore primary healthcare setting [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex Introduction: This study aims to examine parental attitudes and perceptions of childhood immunisation in a polyclinic in Singapore. Secondary outcomes were to identify differences in the attitudinal variables by demographic characteristics. Refusal or delay in vaccine administration has implications in the success of immunisation programmes. Understanding the importance of vaccine resistance will allow healthcare providers to address any parental concerns and hence, increase immunisation rates and improve herd immunity. Method(s): Parents of 57 Singaporean children below 6 years of age were administered the modified Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey. Information on attitudes and behaviours indicative of immunisation safety concerns and hesitancy of receiving immunisations were obtained. Result(s): Majority of parents (70% to 79%) were concerned about side effects, safety and effectiveness of the immunisation shots. Association with education level, monthly household income, and number of children were found to correlate with hesitancy scores. Higher hesitancy score of 57.14 (95% CI, 35.63 to 78.65), was seen in parents with secondary education than those with university education or above. A household income \textless$3000 per month also yielded a higher hesitancy score of 55.48 (95% CI, 49.06 to 61.89). The number of children parents have also had some bearing on hesitancy scores, with 3 children or more scoring 51.79 (95% CI, 43.70 to 59.88) compared to 42.86 (95% CI, 31.11 to 49.61) in parents with one child. Discussion & Conclusion(s): This study has shown that although most parents believe in the general safety of childhood vaccines, a substantial minority will have concerns pertaining to immunisations which can be addressed by healthcare providers.
@article{lim_pilot_2013,
title = {A pilot study: {Parental} attitudes and perceptions of childhood immunisations in a singapore primary healthcare setting},
volume = {42},
issn = {0304-4602},
url = {http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/42VolNo9Sep2013/SHBC_2013_041013.pdf http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=emed14&NEWS=N&AN=71796965},
abstract = {Introduction: This study aims to examine parental attitudes and perceptions of childhood immunisation in a polyclinic in Singapore. Secondary outcomes were to identify differences in the attitudinal variables by demographic characteristics. Refusal or delay in vaccine administration has implications in the success of immunisation programmes. Understanding the importance of vaccine resistance will allow healthcare providers to address any parental concerns and hence, increase immunisation rates and improve herd immunity. Method(s): Parents of 57 Singaporean children below 6 years of age were administered the modified Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey. Information on attitudes and behaviours indicative of immunisation safety concerns and hesitancy of receiving immunisations were obtained. Result(s): Majority of parents (70\% to 79\%) were concerned about side effects, safety and effectiveness of the immunisation shots. Association with education level, monthly household income, and number of children were found to correlate with hesitancy scores. Higher hesitancy score of 57.14 (95\% CI, 35.63 to 78.65), was seen in parents with secondary education than those with university education or above. A household income {\textless}\$3000 per month also yielded a higher hesitancy score of 55.48 (95\% CI, 49.06 to 61.89). The number of children parents have also had some bearing on hesitancy scores, with 3 children or more scoring 51.79 (95\% CI, 43.70 to 59.88) compared to 42.86 (95\% CI, 31.11 to 49.61) in parents with one child. Discussion \& Conclusion(s): This study has shown that although most parents believe in the general safety of childhood vaccines, a substantial minority will have concerns pertaining to immunisations which can be addressed by healthcare providers.},
language = {English},
number = {9 SUPPL. 1},
journal = {Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore},
author = {Lim, P. H. and Sim, Y. F. and Mathews, J. and Drury, V. B.},
year = {2013},
keywords = {*Singapore, *childhood, *health, *human, *parental attitude, *pilot study, *primary health care, Singaporean, child, demography, education, health care personnel, herd immunity, household, immunization, income, outpatient department, parent, preventive health service, safety, side effect, university, vaccine},
pages = {S316},
}
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