Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors of Families on Rotavirus Vaccine
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Background: Rotavirus is the most common and important cause of gastroenteritis in the newborn and young children worldwide. Vaccination is the main way to prevent Rotavirus infection. The aim of the present study is to determine the level of knowledge about the Rotavirus vaccine and attitudes towards the vaccination in families having children between the ages of 0 and 2 taking the socio-demographic characteristics into account. Methods: The study was carried out by applying a questionnaire to the parents who admitted to the Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic and Pediatric Emergency Department of Ankara Research and Training Hospital between April 2011 and April 2012. Statistical analyses were performed by using the SPSS 19 program. Results: A total of 1005 parents were surveyed; 857 (85.3%) participants were not aware of Rotavirus vaccination and 873 (86.9%) were not aware of Rotavirus. Among 148 participants who knew Rotavirus vaccination, only 36 had vaccination. Conclusion: Awareness of Rotavirus vaccine and its frequency of application were found much lower than expected. Socio-demographic characteristics of the parents and the attitudes of the physicians may be suggested to affect the frequency of vaccination. In order to increase vaccination rates, it is important for health care professionals and especially for physicians to inform the parents about Rotavirus vaccination.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İç Hastalıkları
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Püren Cura Ecevit
Türkiye
Burcu Kayhan Tetik
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Türkiye
Aynur Ertürk
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Fatma İnci Arıkan
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Yıldız Dallar Bilge
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Mayıs 2018
Kabul Tarihi
27 Mayıs 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 3
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Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1513736