Decision making processes underlying avoidance of mandatory child vaccination in Croatia - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Despite extensive research evidencing child vaccination is safe and effective, we are witnessing a trend of increasing vaccine hesitancy which is listed among the top ten global health threats. Although some countries incorporate mandatory vaccination programs, no particularly efficient strategies for addressing vaccine avoidance have so far been identified. Within this study we investigated perceptions and reasoning of vaccine hesitant parents from Croatia where child vaccination is mandatory. The aims were to reveal different strategies by which they avoid mandatory vaccination schedules and hypothetical situations in which they would reconsider vaccinating, as well as to identify features of related decision-making. We conducted 25 semi-structured interviews with vaccine hesitant parent

SUBMITTER: Tomljenovic H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7553369 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature