Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Determinants Among Refugee Parents Resettled in Aotearoa New Zealand

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aut.relation.journalHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeuticsen_NZ
aut.researcherCharania, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorDebela, MSen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorGarrett, Nen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCharania, Nen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-31T20:56:11Z
dc.date.available2022-10-31T20:56:11Z
dc.date.copyright2022-10-31en_NZ
dc.date.issued2022-10-31en_NZ
dc.description.abstractVaccine hesitancy is an important factor underpinning suboptimal vaccine uptake and evidence on marginalized subgroups, such as refugees, is limited. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2020/21 with former refugee parents who resettled in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) was offered in Somali, Oromo, Arabic, and English languages, and the reliability of the four versions were evaluated. The prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy was explored and the association between vaccine hesitancy and sociodemographic factors was examined using logistic regression. One hundred and seventy-eight responses were included in the analysis. The Cronbach’s alpha scores for Somali, Oromo, Arabic, and English PACV were 0.89, 0.64, 0.53, and 0.77, respectively. The rate of parental vaccine hesitancy was 16.3%, 95% CI (10.7, 21.3). Most caregivers were concerned about vaccine side effects (47%), safety (43%), and efficacy (40%). Less than a quarter (21%) of parents had delayed their child receiving a vaccine and 12% had refused to vaccinate their child for reasons other than medical exemptions. After adjusting for covariate/s, parents’ primary source of information and education status were significantly associated with vaccine hesitancy. Media as a primary source of vaccine information and low education status were associated with higher vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy is relatively low among former refugees and is influenced by modifiable factors, including educational level and primary source of vaccine information. Vaccine information tailored to former refugee parents’ concerns are required to reduce vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccine uptake.
dc.identifier.citationHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2131336
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/21645515.2022.2131336en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1554-8600en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15566
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2131336
dc.rights© 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectVaccine hesitancy; Parent attitudes about childhood vaccines; Refugees; Parents; Aotearoa New Zealand; Cross-sectional study
dc.titleVaccine Hesitancy and Its Determinants Among Refugee Parents Resettled in Aotearoa New Zealanden_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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