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Background <p>This research was conducted to evaluate parents’ perceptions of infectious diseases and their levels of protection in terms of vaccination attitudes and vaccine hesitancy.</p> Methods <p>The research is descriptive and relational was conducted online with 560 parents of children aged 0–5 years between March 8 and November 8, 2024. Convenience sampling method was used in the study. For data collection, a questionnaire form including personal information form, Perception Scale on Communicable Diseases (PSCD), Parental Attitudes Towards Childhood Vaccines Scale (PACVS), and Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) in parents of children under five years of age was used. The evaluation of data was performed via SPSS V-27.0 package program.</p> Results <p>A total of 560 parents took part in this study, and the participants scored an average of 148.81 ± 18.53 points on the PSCD total, 53.42 ± 8.91 points on the Vaccine Attitude Scale total, and 24.89 ± 8.49 points on the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale total. PSCD explains 13.4% of the total PACVS score. A low-level statistically significant correlation was found between the total PSCD and VHS scores.</p> Conclusion <p>Parents’ communicative disease perception and their protection levels affect their vaccination attitudes and vaccine hesitancy. Sociodemographic characteristics, vaccine knowledge and the sources from which they obtain information have both positive and negative relationships on vaccine attitude and vaccine hesitancy. In order to prevent the increasing vaccine refusal in the society, it is recommended that health professionals inform parents through individualized trainings on immunization.</p>

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Evaluating parents’ perceptions of infectious diseases and their levels of protection in terms of vaccination attitudes and vaccine hesitancy

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    2026年8月5日

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  • Gönül Gökçay,
  • Hulya Incirkuş Küçük,
  • Nazlı Akar Sezer,
  • Cansu Mine Aydin,
  • Özlem Karabulutlu,
  • Ayşe Çevirme

摘要

Background

This research was conducted to evaluate parents’ perceptions of infectious diseases and their levels of protection in terms of vaccination attitudes and vaccine hesitancy.

Methods

The research is descriptive and relational was conducted online with 560 parents of children aged 0–5 years between March 8 and November 8, 2024. Convenience sampling method was used in the study. For data collection, a questionnaire form including personal information form, Perception Scale on Communicable Diseases (PSCD), Parental Attitudes Towards Childhood Vaccines Scale (PACVS), and Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) in parents of children under five years of age was used. The evaluation of data was performed via SPSS V-27.0 package program.

Results

A total of 560 parents took part in this study, and the participants scored an average of 148.81 ± 18.53 points on the PSCD total, 53.42 ± 8.91 points on the Vaccine Attitude Scale total, and 24.89 ± 8.49 points on the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale total. PSCD explains 13.4% of the total PACVS score. A low-level statistically significant correlation was found between the total PSCD and VHS scores.

Conclusion

Parents’ communicative disease perception and their protection levels affect their vaccination attitudes and vaccine hesitancy. Sociodemographic characteristics, vaccine knowledge and the sources from which they obtain information have both positive and negative relationships on vaccine attitude and vaccine hesitancy. In order to prevent the increasing vaccine refusal in the society, it is recommended that health professionals inform parents through individualized trainings on immunization.