Development of a Survey to Identify Vaccine-Hesitant Parents: The Parent Attitudes About Childhood Vaccines Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Catz S ; Korfiatis C ; Mangione-Smith R ; Martin DP ; Opel DJ ; Taylor JA ; Wiese C
• Description:
  Objective: To develop a survey to accurately assess parental vaccine hesitancy. Results: The initial survey contained 17 items in four content domains: (1) immunization behavior; (2) beliefs about vaccine safety and efficacy; (3) attitudes about vaccine mandates and exemptions; and (4) trust. Focus group data yielded an additional 10 survey items. Expert review of the survey resulted in the deletion of nine of 27 items and revisions to 11 of the remaining 18 survey items. Parent pretesting resulted in the deletion of one item, the addition of one item, the revision of four items, and formatting changes to enhance usability. The final survey contains 18 items in the original four content domains. Methods: An iterative process was used to develop the survey. First, we reviewed previous studies and surveys on parental health beliefs regarding vaccination to develop content domains and draft initial survey items. Focus groups of parents and pediatricians generated additional themes and survey items. Six immunization experts reviewed the items in the resulting draft survey and ranked them on a 1-5 scale for significance in identifying vaccine-hesitant parents (5 indicative of a highly significant item). The lowest third of ranked items were dropped. The revised survey was pretested with 25 parents to assess face validity, usability and item understandability. Conclusions: The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines survey was constructed using qualitative methodology to identify vaccine-hesitant parents and has content and face validity. Further psychometric testing is needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Attitude Children Health Surveys Immunizations Vaccines
• ISSN:
  1554-8600
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  419-425
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057041
• Citation:
  Hum Vaccin 2011 Apr; 7(4):419-425
• Contact Point Address:
  Douglas J.Opel, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
• Email:
  djopel@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Human Vaccines
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214514/cdc_214514_DS1.pdf
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