| Autor: |
Sabahelzain MM; Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman P.O. Box 167, Sudan.; Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands., Moukhyer M; Education Development and Quality Unit, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.; Public Health Programmes, School of Medicine, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland., Bosma H; Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands., van den Borne B; Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands. |
| Abstrakt: |
Determinants of vaccine hesitancy are not yet well understood. This study aims to assess measles vaccine hesitancy and characterize its determinants among Sudanese parents in Omdurman in Khartoum State. A community-based cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted in Khartoum State in February 2019. The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination (PACV) was used to measure measles vaccine hesitancy. Questions about the sociodemographic characteristics of the family, the perception of the parents about the measles vaccine, and the parental exposure to information were asked. Proportions of vaccine hesitancy and coefficients of linear regression were computed. Five hundred parents were recruited for the study. We found that a significant proportion of participants (about 1 in 5 parents) had hesitations regarding the measles vaccine. Significant predictors of measles vaccine hesitancy were parental exposure to anti-vaccination information or materials (β = -0.478, p -value < 0.001), the parents' perception of the effectiveness of measles vaccines (β = 0.093, p -value = 0.020), the age of the mother (β = 0.112, p -value = 0.017), the birth rank of the child (β = -0.116, p -value = 0.015), and the total number of the children in the family (β = 0.098, p -value = 0.013). Vaccination access issues were the common justification for parental vaccination hesitancy. Our findings indicate that investment in vaccine communication as well as addressing access issues might be an effective intervention for improving measles vaccine acceptance and, ultimately, measles vaccine coverage. |
