| Literature DB >> 29351325 |
Kate Carolan1, Joanna Verran2, Matthew Crossley1, James Redfern2, Nicola Whitton3, Martyn Amos1.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Current immunisation levels in England currently fall slightly below the threshold recommended by the World Health Organization, and the three-year trend for vaccination uptake is downwards. Attitudes towards vaccination can affect future decisions on whether or not to vaccinate, and this can have significant public health implications. Interventions can impact future vaccination decisions, and these interventions can take several forms. Relatively little work has been reported on the use of vaccination interventions in young people, who form the next generation of individuals likely to make vaccination decisions.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29351325 PMCID: PMC5774691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190984
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Demographic summary of study participants.
| N = 63 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 34 | 53.97 |
| Female | 29 | 46.03 |
| 14 | 29 | 46.03 |
| 15 | 34 | 53.97 |
| Asian/Asian British | 3 | 5.45 |
| Mixed Ethnic Background | 1 | 1.59 |
| White British | 59 | 93.65 |
| Christian | 27 | 42.86 |
| Buddhist | 1 | 1.59 |
| Pagan | 1 | 1.59 |
| None | 29 | 46.03 |
| Prefer not to say | 5 | 7.94 |
Scoring system for attitudinal survey.
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccination can have serious side effects like causing disabilities in otherwise healthy children | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| The government would not let people get vaccinated if it was not safe | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| I would trust my doctor’s advice on vaccination | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Vaccines contain unsafe ingredients | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Diseases like measles are dangerous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| It is important to get vaccinated to prevent the spread of infectious diseases throughout my community | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Someone who isn’t vaccinated is likely to catch the infectious disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| People that don’t vaccinate themselves or their children put others at risk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Scoring system for information needs and personal choice survey.
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More information about vaccinations should be given to me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| I know all I need to know about vaccination and how it works | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Children should have more say than their parents when it comes to vaccinations | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Someone under 16 who is well- informed should be able to choose to be (or not to be) vaccinated without their parent’s consent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| It is nobody else’s business if I am vaccinated | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Scoring system for engagement survey.
| Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I found the session informative | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| The session was interesting | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| I thought that the session was fun | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| I learnt something new from the session | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| The session was a good way for me to learn about infectious diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Shifts in attitude.
For each participant within a group, we denote a positive attitudinal shift with “+”, a negative shift with “-”, and no shift with “0” (“x” denotes the fact that no response was recorded.
| Digital Group (A) | PowerPoint Group (B) | Control Group (C) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Baseline | After Intervention | Follow Up | ID | Baseline | After Intervention | Follow Up | ID | Baseline | After Lesson | Follow Up |
| 1 | 35 | - | 0 | 1 | 32 | + | + | 1 | 36 | - | 0 |
| 2 | x | x | x | 2 | 35 | - | - | 2 | 33 | - | + |
| 3 | 33 | 0 | - | 3 | 28 | + | - | 3 | 30 | 0 | + |
| 4 | 30 | + | - | 4 | 29 | + | + | 4 | 32 | + | - |
| 5 | 31 | 0 | + | 5 | 30 | + | + | 5 | 30 | + | + |
| 6 | 30 | - | + | 6 | 35 | + | 0 | 6 | 27 | + | - |
| 7 | 36 | - | - | 7 | 36 | - | + | 7 | 31 | - | + |
| 8 | 31 | + | - | 8 | 33 | + | - | 8 | 27 | + | + |
| 9 | x | x | x | 9 | 29 | + | + | 9 | 36 | - | + |
| 10 | x | x | x | 10 | 39 | - | 0 | 10 | 28 | - | + |
| 11 | 32 | + | - | 11 | x | x | x | 11 | 29 | + | + |
| 12 | 30 | + | 0 | 12 | 35 | + | - | 12 | 34 | - | + |
| 13 | 30 | + | 0 | 13 | 30 | + | - | 13 | 32 | + | 0 |
| 14 | x | x | x | 14 | x | x | x | 14 | 34 | - | + |
| 15 | 31 | + | - | 15 | 30 | + | 0 | 15 | 34 | - | - |
| 16 | 34 | 0 | x | 16 | x | x | x | 16 | 30 | - | + |
| 17 | 32 | + | - | 17 | 33 | + | + | ||||
| 18 | 32 | - | + | 18 | 35 | - | - | ||||
| 19 | 28 | + | - | 19 | x | x | x | ||||
| 20 | x | x | x | 20 | 32 | - | + | ||||
| 21 | 29 | + | + | 21 | x | x | x | ||||
| 22 | 30 | + | - | ||||||||
| 23 | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 24 | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 25 | 30 | + | - | ||||||||
| 26 | x | x | x | ||||||||
Fig 1Net attitudinal shift.