ERIC Number: EJ1217245
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-1981
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Vaccine Information Sources and Parental Trust in Their Child's Health Care Provider
Eller, Nikki M.; Henrikson, Nora B.; Opel, Douglas J.
Health Education & Behavior, v46 n3 p445-453 Jun 2019
Background: Parental trust in their child's health care provider and the number and type of vaccine information sources are important dimensions of vaccine hesitancy and may suggest intervention components for future research. Method: We conducted secondary analysis of survey data from mothers of healthy newborns in Washington State, and examined the association between parental trust in their child's health care provider and vaccine information sources. Results: We found that mothers with less trust in their child's health care provider used more sources, more informal sources, and were less likely to consider their child's pediatrician their main source of vaccine information compared with more trusting mothers. However, less trusting mothers did not report more effort to read or watch stories about vaccines than more trusting mothers, nor were they more likely to report the internet as their main vaccine information source. Conclusions: Future interventions seeking to reduce parental vaccine hesitancy should consider intervention components focused on building or improving parent trust in their child's health care provider.
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Health Promotion, Parent Attitudes, Trust (Psychology), Allied Health Personnel, Information Sources, Correlation, Mothers, Infants, Pediatrics, Individual Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Washington
Grant or Contract Numbers: R24HD042828