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Parents' knowledge of and attitude towards the primary childhood immunisations
1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Adelaide, Meath and National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Abstract:
Parental knowledge of immunisation is essential to assist public health initiatives to increase the uptake rates. A cross-sectional survey design was employed to ascertain the knowledge and attitude of the primary childhood immunisations in randomly selected parents in a deprived inner-city area; 82% of 93 responded. Parents' reported uptake of immunisation was compared with general practitioner and official health board records. Respondents with a low standard of education (70% of respondents without a Leaving Certificate versus 44% with the Leaving Certificate p=0.06) and parenting alone (69% versus 49% of two-parent families p=0.07) were less aware of the severity of the diseases. Older parents (58%) questioned immunisation safety more than younger parents (28%), p=0.06. Full immunisation was reported by 91% of parents compared to 81% from the general practitioners records and 70% from health board figures. The poor correlation between parents' reported immunisation uptake and official immunisation sources could be improved through the use of personal identification numbers.
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