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Misperceptions About Influenza Vaccination Among Parents of Healthy Young Children

Matthew F. Daley, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, daley.matthew{at}tchden.org, Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Lori A. Crane, PhD, MPH

Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Vijayalaxmi Chandramouli, MS

Department of Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Brenda L. Beaty, MSPH

Department of Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

Jennifer Barrow, MSPH

Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Norma Allred, MSN, PhD

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen Berman, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Allison Kempe, MD, MPH

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, Children's Outcomes Research Program, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

A survey was administered to 828 parents from metropolitan Denver, Colorado, and 57% responded. Of the respondents, 47% thought their child was unlikely to contract influenza, 70% thought influenza vaccine could cause influenza, and 21% considered influenza vaccination unsafe for a 1-year-old child. The influenza immunization rate in children of surveyed parents was 71%. In multivariate analyses, the perception that influenza vaccination was the social norm was positively associated with immunization (odds ratio [OR], 1.32; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-1.69), and anticipating immunization barriers was negatively associated with immunization (OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.49-0.95). Parents of young children hold a number of misperceptions about influenza disease and vaccination. Despite this, high immunization rates are achievable in this population.

Key Words: immunization • influenza vaccine • parent attitudes.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 46, No. 5, 408-417 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806298647
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