Pre-travel vaccine information needs, attitudes, drivers of uptake and the role for decision aids in travel medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many travellers do not receive vaccines pre-travel. Tools such as vaccine decision aids could support informed vaccine decision-making. We aimed to characterise Australians' pre-travel vaccine attitudes, behaviours and information needs and examine the role for decision aids in travel medicine.

Methods

Online cross-sectional survey of Australian adults in December 2022. We included questions on demographics, pre-travel health-seeking behaviour, and information needs. We measured vaccine confidence (Vaccine Confidence Index Index) and used hypothetical disease scenarios to evaluate behavioural and social drivers of vaccination. We used multivariable logistic regression models to identify predictors of vaccine uptake and thematically analysed free-text responses.

SUBMITTER: McGuinness SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289516 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature