Vol.58 No.5 September 2010
Guardian attitude survey on voluntary pediatric vaccines
1)Division of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare, 1-3-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2)Division of International Infectious Diseases, Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare
Abstract
A guardian attitude survey of 1,366 questionnaires was conducted on guardians of preschoolers, on voluntary pediatric vaccination with a valid response of 980 (71.7%). Recognition of influenza, mumps and varicella vaccines exceeded 98%, compared to Hib vaccine, which had recognition of 38.7%, differing by parental occupation. Vaccination differed with household income. The major reason for getting vaccination was "fear of contracting diseases".
Many cases showed misunderstanding of mumps and varicella vaccination, e.g., "getting the disease immunity". Many cases involved vaccination timing not matching the child's physical condition or infection before vaccination due to delays to enable infection before vaccination.
Our results suggest that parental vaccination education, public funding of vaccination, and the introduction of novel combination vaccine in the Japanese market would improve the voluntary vaccination rate.
Key word
questionnaire, vaccination, child, guardian
Received
March 1, 2010
Accepted
June 28, 2010
Jpn. J. Chemother. 58 (5): 555-559, 2010
