Parental Perspectives on Vaccinating Children Against Preventable Childhood Diseases

Childhood immunization has been one of the most important public health measures in the 20th century. In the United States, 95% of avoidable childhood diseases have been prevented through vaccinations. However, there have been growing concerns around the safety of vaccines, and this increased uncert...

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Main Author: Charles, Karen
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Language:en
Published: ScholarWorks 2017
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spelling ndltd-waldenu.edu-oai-scholarworks.waldenu.edu-dissertations-46562019-10-30T01:03:48Z Parental Perspectives on Vaccinating Children Against Preventable Childhood Diseases Charles, Karen Childhood immunization has been one of the most important public health measures in the 20th century. In the United States, 95% of avoidable childhood diseases have been prevented through vaccinations. However, there have been growing concerns around the safety of vaccines, and this increased uncertainty has led to decreases in vaccination participation and increases in cases of preventable diseases. As such, is it important to understand why parents are not vaccinating their children. A qualitative approach was utilized to conduct this study. Flyers to recruit participants were distributed by healthcare providers and were posted in church facilities. Ten parents of children ages 3 to 8 years volunteered to participate to discuss their refusal to or delay in vaccinating their children. The health belief model functioned as the theoretical context to guide this phenomenological study approach in examining the reasons parents are not vaccinating or delaying vaccination of their children. Analysis included constructing a written description of the phenomenon as experienced by the research participants using their responses to the research question, followed by developing response coding schemes, identifying themes, justifying findings, and ensuring sound analysis and reporting of information. For example, word frequency and common phrases were the first steps of the analysis. Results showed that parents had a negative reaction towards childhood vaccination and felt that either the vaccine schedule was too aggressive or contained dangerous toxins that may have side effects. These findings can be used to assist healthcare providers in the way they provide outreach and education to parents as well as potentially helping develop tools that would encourage parents to vaccinate their children. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3553 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4656&context=dissertations Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies en ScholarWorks Autism Childhood Diseases Childhood Vaccination Community Education Parents Perspective Vividness Effect Public Health Education and Promotion
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topic Autism
Childhood Diseases
Childhood Vaccination
Community Education
Parents Perspective
Vividness Effect
Public Health Education and Promotion
spellingShingle Autism
Childhood Diseases
Childhood Vaccination
Community Education
Parents Perspective
Vividness Effect
Public Health Education and Promotion
Charles, Karen
Parental Perspectives on Vaccinating Children Against Preventable Childhood Diseases
description Childhood immunization has been one of the most important public health measures in the 20th century. In the United States, 95% of avoidable childhood diseases have been prevented through vaccinations. However, there have been growing concerns around the safety of vaccines, and this increased uncertainty has led to decreases in vaccination participation and increases in cases of preventable diseases. As such, is it important to understand why parents are not vaccinating their children. A qualitative approach was utilized to conduct this study. Flyers to recruit participants were distributed by healthcare providers and were posted in church facilities. Ten parents of children ages 3 to 8 years volunteered to participate to discuss their refusal to or delay in vaccinating their children. The health belief model functioned as the theoretical context to guide this phenomenological study approach in examining the reasons parents are not vaccinating or delaying vaccination of their children. Analysis included constructing a written description of the phenomenon as experienced by the research participants using their responses to the research question, followed by developing response coding schemes, identifying themes, justifying findings, and ensuring sound analysis and reporting of information. For example, word frequency and common phrases were the first steps of the analysis. Results showed that parents had a negative reaction towards childhood vaccination and felt that either the vaccine schedule was too aggressive or contained dangerous toxins that may have side effects. These findings can be used to assist healthcare providers in the way they provide outreach and education to parents as well as potentially helping develop tools that would encourage parents to vaccinate their children.
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title_full_unstemmed Parental Perspectives on Vaccinating Children Against Preventable Childhood Diseases
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