Parents' opinions and sources of information on immunization in children

Salwa Agata. Parents' opinions and sources of information on immunization in children. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(7):529-536. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.836119 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4655 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.07.2017. Revised: 02.07.2017. Accepted: 29.07.2017. Parents' opinions and sources of information on immunization in children mgr Agata Salwa1 1The Jan Kochanowski University, The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , The Institute of Public Health, Kielce, Poland Full address: Brynica 19, 26-065 Piekoszów E-mail address: salwaagatka@gmail.com Summary Introduction and purpose of the work. By introducing new vaccines into the vaccination program, an important part of the education of the public in the prevention of infectious diseases is an important element. In order to properly distribute information about vaccination, it is necessary to know how parents and parents receive information. The purpose of the study was to learn parents' opinions and sources of information on childhood vaccination. Material and methods. The study was conducted in 2017 from January to mid-June. 104 people, fathers and mothers were examined. The diagnostic survey method was used in this study. In the next stage of the research, the survey technique was used. The research tool used in the study was a questionnaire, which contained 40 questions and consisted of two parts. Results. Studies have shown a significant correlation between education and sources of information on child immunization. A positive opinion about vaccination was expressed by 41.3%. A significantly lower percentage of respondents rated their vaccination as negative 3.8%. In the majority of respondents with primary / vocational education, the highest percentage of respondents rated their knowledge as low 37.5% or an average of 29.2%. Conclusions. Despite their doubts about their effectiveness and safety, parents expressed their positive opinion about the use of immunization in children. Increase physician activation as they are the primary source of health information for parents. Key words: vaccinations,children, parents, knowledge, source of informatio