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Journal of Neonatal & Pediatric Medicine
Neonatal Nursing Congress 2018
May 14-15, 2018
May 14-15, 2018 Singapore
30
th
Global Experts Meeting on
Neonatal Nursing &
Maternal Healthcare
Determine of frequency and reasons of vaccine rejection of parents of 0-24 months children
Gülzade Uysal
Okan University, Turkey
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he aim of the research was to prospectively evaluate the frequency and reasons of vaccine rejection 0-24 months old
children’s parents. The data of the study were determined by simple randomization and were obtained from two family
health centers in Istanbul between March 1st and October 31th 2017. The study’s universe consists of 3942 parents who applied
for two health centers within that period, and the sample was 470 parents who were willing to participate in the study. In
the research, the questionnaire was applied face to face with the parents. Data were transferred to SPSS 21.0 program and
analyzed with appropriate statistical tests. When investigating parents’ infant/child immunization status; 80.4% of them had
their babies/children vaccinated and 11.9% didn’t have some vaccinations. It was determined that 7.7% (n=36) of the parents
refused to have the vaccine. It was found that 79.1% of the parents have the vaccine because they believed that the vaccines
were necessary and 46.7% of the rejected group refused because they thought that the substances were harmful. The difference
between the vaccination status of parents and the descriptive characteristics of the baby/child was statistically insignificant
(p>0.05). When the vaccinated cases were compared with the whole interviewed parents, the difference between the groups
was found to be significant (p<0.05). The difference between the parents’ perception of the side effects of vaccinations and the
descriptive characteristics of the baby/child was statistically insignificant (p>0.05). When the parents, education status and
parents’ perception about the side effects of vaccinations were compared, it was determined that the difference between the
groups was meaningful (p<0.05). The difference between the parents’ intentions to obtain information about the vaccination
and the descriptive characteristics of baby/child was statistically insignificant (p>0.05). When the age of the baby/child, the
parents and the socioeconomic status and the parent’s desire of getting information about the vaccination were compared, it
was determined that the difference between the groups was significant (p<0.05). As a result, it has been determined that the
majority of parents have their children completed their vaccinations and those who completed their vaccination have concerns
about the content of vaccinations and also have concerns about whether or not to vaccinate.
gulzadeuysal@gmail.comNeonat Pediatr Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4983-C1-003