Attitudes and beliefs of parents about childhood vaccinations in post-soviet countries: the example of Kyrgyzstan

Manas K Akmatov; Rafael T Mikolajczyk; Mirjam Kretzschmar; Alexander Krämer

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181966401

Attitudes and beliefs of parents about childhood vaccinations in post-soviet countries: the example of Kyrgyzstan

Manas K Akmatov
, Rafael T Mikolajczyk
, Mirjam Kretzschmar
, Alexander Krämer

Julius Center, dept. Epidemiology & Health Economics

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Abstract

Parental attitudes towards childhood vaccinations are recognized to be important determinants of vaccination compliance. We examined this issue in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet Republic in Central Asia. Some parents expressed concerns about vaccination safety and/or were against mandatory vaccination. Although the fractions were lower than known from developed countries, they should be taken into consideration while implementing planning vaccination programs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	637-640
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181966401
Publication status	Published - Jul 2009

Keywords

Adult
Attitude
Culture
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/psychology
Education
Female
Humans
Kyrgyzstan
Male
Parents/psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination/psychology
Vaccines/adverse effects

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