SUMMARY
Background. The aim of this study was to analyse the perception of attitudes, experiences and beliefs of parents with vaccination in the group of parents with lower education, compared to the control group with higher (university) education.

Sample and methods. The study sample consisted of 2,111 parents who attended (2018 – 2019) pediatric and ophthalmology clinic, logopedic speech centre and maternity centers for children under three years of age. The respondents were devided into a group of 774 parents with lower education and a control group of 1,337 parents with completed university education.
Results. Parents with lower education obtainted the most informations about vaccination from a doctor (42.9 %;
p < 0 .001), while the control group had most often this information from the scientific literature (24.0 %; p < 0.001). In the group of parents with lower education we found significantly more parents who were against all vaccinations because of their adverse effects (15.9 %; p < 0.05) They expressed the opinion that vaccination is against human rights (26.2 %; p < 0.05) and there should be freedom of choice in vaccination schedule (31.1 %; p < 0.05).
Conclusion. These study results indicate the impact of parents‘ level of education on changing knowledge, attitudes and beliefs to give the child a vaccination.
Key words: vaccination, parental attitudes, parents´ experience, vaccine hesitancy.
Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (9): 302-306

Lucia LUDVIGH CINTULOVÁ, Libuša RADKOVÁ, Pavol BEŇO, Martin SAMOHÝL

1Fakulta zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Ladislava Nové Zámky, Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety, Bratislava, vedúci katedry prof. MUDr. M. Karvaj, PhD.
2Fakulta zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce Trnavskej univerzity, Trnava, vedúca katedry doc. RNDr. M. Horváthová, PhD.
3Ústav hygieny Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava, prednostka prof. MUDr. J. Jurkovičová, CSc.

CITE:

Lucia LUDVIGH CINTULOVÁ, Libuša RADKOVÁ, Pavol BEŇO, Martin SAMOHÝL: Attitudes and Experiences of Parents with Vaccination. Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (9): 302-306