A validated modification of the vaccine hesitancy scale for childhood, influenza and HPV vaccines
| Autor: | Alison W. Saville, Peter G. Szilagyi, Dennis Gurfinkel, Christina Albertin, Laura Helmkamp, Abigail Breck, Allison Kempe, Gregory D. Zimet, Sitaram Vangala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Influenza vaccine HPV vaccines Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Influenza Human medicine Humans Papillomavirus Vaccines 030212 general & internal medicine Child General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Patient Acceptance of Health Care Confirmatory factor analysis Infectious Diseases Influenza Vaccines Family medicine Scale (social sciences) Molecular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine. 39:1831-1839 |
| ISSN: | 0264-410X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.039 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Vaccine hesitancy contributes to outbreaks of preventable disease worldwide. The Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS), developed by the international WHO SAGE Working Group, has been validated previously for measuring hesitancy towards childhood vaccines; some psychometric properties were suboptimal. METHODS We collected data using large, nationally-representative samples of parents in the U.S. We adapted the VHS items, and additional hesitancy items, to assess hesitancy towards influenza and HPV vaccines in addition to routine childhood vaccines. We then used exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to identify latent constructs and create modified scales for childhood (VHS-child), influenza (VHS-flu) and HPV (VHS-HPV) vaccines with improved psychometric properties. Finally, we compared hesitancy scores on the VHS-child, VHS-flu, and VHS-HPV, to self-reported receipt of each vaccine category, and compared subscale scores to assess whether drivers of hesitancy differed by vaccine category. RESULTS 2052 parents of children |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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