An Analysis of the Factors that Influence Vaccination Rates
An Analysis of the Factors that Influence Vaccination Rates
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2021
Authors
Bock, Kellyann
Cecil, Tara
Huppert, Amelia Claire
Jones, Molly
Kozimbo, Daniel
Pitt, Alyssa
Ruvinov, Alexei
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Lombardi, Doug
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Abstract
Due to the current rise of the vaccine hesitancy movement, there has been an
increase in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks (Mnookin, 2011; Reich, 2016).
Parental rationalizations for opting out of vaccinations vary; however, some of the more
commonly cited rationalizations include concerns for their child’s safety, distrust of
medical professionals, and protection of civil liberties and individual decision-making
processes (Glanz et al., 2013). Team IPOV has added to the literature body by examining
how parents’ levels of knowledge about diseases, vaccine beliefs, and trust in institutions,
medical professionals, and vaccines influence their levels of vaccine hesitancy, while
adding the additional scope of the varicella and influenza vaccines and diseases.
A hierarchical linear regression test revealed that trust exhibits the highest
marginal impact on vaccine acceptance, followed by beliefs, and then, knowledge. Thus, while all three factors provided significant predictive insight into parents’ levels of
vaccination hesitancy, parents’ trust in the varicella and influenza vaccines appear to
possess the most significant impact over parents’ levels of vaccine hesitancy.
Consequently, in considering future methods of alleviating vaccine hesitancy and
increasing herd immunity, it is important to consider the ways in which trust can be built
for the varicella and influenza vaccines.
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Gemstone Team IPOV