Stavovi roditelja prema cijepljenju vlastite djece

master's thesis

• Title (english): Parents attitudes towards vaccination of their children
• Author: Ines Kulić
• Mentor: Marta Čivljak (mentor)
• Committee member: Rok Čivljak
• Committee member: Vera Musil
• Committee member: Marta Čivljak
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Medical Sociology and Health Economics); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2015-11-03, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care; Family Medicine

Abstract

Aktivna imunizacija ili cijepljenje je postupak unošenja specifičnog antigena u organizam koji stimulira razvoj specifične obrane prema određenom uzročniku zarazne bolesti. Cijepljenje predstavlja jedno od najvećih medicinskih dostignuća dvadesetog stoljeća i jedan je od najučinkovitijih i ekonomski najisplativijih načina zaštite kako pojedinca tako i cijele populacije od nekih zaraznih bolesti. Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati stavove roditelja prema cijepljenju vlastite djece. Provedeno je istraživanje u kojem je dobrovoljno sudjelovalo 120 roditelja čija su djeca u skrbi dvije pedijatrijske ambulante Doma zdravlja Zagreb-Zapad. Za ispitivanje je korišten anonimni upitnik koji je sadržavao 26 pitanja koja su služila procjeni stavova roditelja prema cijepljenju vlastite djece.
Rezultati su pokazali da većina roditelja ima pozitivne stavove prema cijepljenju vlastite djece i pozitivna iskustva s prethodnim cijepljenjem djece. Veći dio roditelja smatra da cijepljenje treba biti obvezno, a većina bi cijepili vlastitu djecu i kada za to ne bi postojala zakonska obveza. Većina roditelja informacije o cijepljenju djece uglavnom dobiva od nadležnog liječnika i putem Interneta. Svi roditelji nisu u potpunosti i adekvatno informirani o cijepljenju djece, a najviše ih brinu nuspojave cjepiva. Nema značajne razlike među stavovima roditelja o cijepljenju djece obzirom na dob, bračni status, stupanj obrazovanja, zaposlenje te mjesečni prihod u obitelji. No postoji statistički značajna razlika u stavovima roditelja o cijepljenju djece obzirom na spol roditelja i broj djece u obitelji, osobito između ispitanika koji imaju jedno dijete u odnosu na ispitanike koji imaju troje i više djece.
Većina roditelja je zadovoljna informacijama koje dobiva od nadležnog liječnika i medicinskih sestara, ali je potrebna bolja komunikacija između zdravstvenih djelatnika i roditelja te bolja edukacija roditelja i javnosti o dobrobitima cijepljenja djece.

Abstract (english)

Active immunization or a vaccination is the procedure of introducing a specific antigen in the body that stimulates the development of a specific defense towards a particular cause of an infectious disease. The vaccination represents one of the greatest medical achievements in the twentieth century. It is one of the most effective and from the economic point of view most cost effective ways to protect both individuals and the entire population from some infectious diseases.
The goal of this study was to investigate the attitude of parents towards their children's vaccinations. A voluntarily questioning which involved one hundred and twenty parents was conducted in two pediatric clinics of the “Health Center Zagreb West”. An anonymous questionnaire, containing twenty six questions used to estimate the attitude of parents towards their children's vaccinations, was used for the survey. The results showed that most of the parents have a positive attitude towards the vaccination of their children and also positive experiences with the previous vaccination of
their children. Many of the parents think that vaccination should be mandatory and most of them would let their children be vaccinated even if there would be no legal obligation. Most of the parents get the information about children vaccination from the competent physician and via internet. Not all parents are fully and adequately informed about the vaccination of children, and what concerns them most are the side effects of the vaccine. There are no significant differences between the attitudes of parents towards children’s vaccination according to age, marital status, level of education, employment and monthly income of the family. However, there is a statistically significant difference in the attitude of parents towards
children´s vaccination according to parents gender and the number of children in the family – especially among respondents which have only one child, compared to respondents who have three or more children. The majority of parents are satisfied with the information provided by the responsible doctors and nurses. Nevertheless, there is a need for a better communication between the health care employees and the parents as well as a better education of the parents and the general public about the benefits of vaccination.

• Keywords: cijepljenje; djeca; cijepljenje djece; roditelji; stavovi roditelja
• Keywords (english): vaccination; children; children’s vaccination; parents; parents' attitude
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:818752
• Study programme: Title: Studies in Nursing; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra sestrinstva (magistar/magistra sestrinstva)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2016-04-22 12:24:18