Marta Fadda|Miriam K. Depping|Peter Schulz
Addressing issues of vaccination literacy and psychological empowerment in the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination decision-making: a qualitative study
Università della Svizzera italiana|Università della Svizzera italiana|Università della Svizzera italiana
whether vaccinate ones child one first healthrelated decisions parents make childs birth past 20 years share parents choosing immunize children increased many countries various reasons among rumors affirming vaccinations contain dangerous chemicals might trigger severe chronic diseases negatively affected parental attitudes towards pediatric immunizations particularly vaccination measles mumps rubella mmr raising number public health concerns primary aim qualitative study understand drives parents decision giving special attention vaccination literacy psychological empowerment contexttwenty individual semistructured interviews conducted canton ticino switzerland january june 2014 participants either mothers fathers children less 1 year old living switzerland inductive thematic analysis performed identify main themes regard vaccination literacy psychological empowerment mmr vaccination decisionmakingparents reports yielded four main themes paradox free choice referring misinterpretation current vaccination policies b giving power pointing outcomes low perceived competence c farreaching decision reflecting importance attributed mmr choice different levels impact decision demand shareddecision making referring parental needs relation childs healthcare providerunderstanding drives parents management childrens immunization schedule terms vaccination literacy psychological empowerment help health professionals communicate effectively parents order facilitate informed decision stakeholders design tailored health education programs materials ultimately help increase coverage mmr vaccination