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  • Mnenje staršev o cepljenju v Sloveniji = Perception of immunization among parents in Slovenia
    Zakotnik, Borut ; Pokorn, Marko ; Čižman, Milan
    Background: Immunization in children is mandatory in Slovenia. In recent yearsdoubts about the safety of vaccines have been raised and an appeal was made by a group of parents to change the ... legislation requiring mandatory immunization. Aim: To determine parental attitudes towards immunization and tosee if immunization rates would have dropped after the change of legislation. Methods: A questionnaire was given to 1400 parents who brought their children to a well or sick child clinic in paediatric practices all around the country at the end of April 2001. Opinions regarding immunization and demographic data were sought. Results: 1341 (95.8 %) responses were received. 70.8 % of respondents believe that immunization should be mandatory and 26.3 % believe that this decision should be made by doctors. If immunization were only recommended, 57.6 % of parents would still immunize their children, a further 40.6 % would do so on the advice of their paediatrician, while 1.8 % would not immunize their children. When the parentswere asked against which disease they would definitely vaccinate their children, the highest response rate was 85.2 % for poliomyelitis and only 53.4% for rubella. Only 10.6 % of parents believe that unimmunized children should be admitted to kindergarten, 35.4 % oppose this, while the remainder would leave the decision to doctors and the kindergarten. 77.5 % of parents were adequately informed prior to immunization. The child's paediatrician was the most reliable source of information regarding immunization in 85 % of respondents. Conclusion: There is considerable confidence in immunization among parents in Slovenia. If immunization were recommended instead of being mandatory, immunization rates would not drop, provided that paediatricians keep parents informed.
    Vir: Slovenska pediatrija : revija Združenja pediatrov Slovenije in Združenja specialistov šolske in visokošolske medicine Slovenije. - ISSN 1318-4423 (Letn. 9, [št.] 2/3, 2002, str. 164-167)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2002
    Jezik - slovenski
    COBISS.SI-ID - 15523289

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