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<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Lato; font-weight: 700;">Abstract<br></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-weight: 700;">Objective: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">The study aims to determine the vaccination status of children and evalu- ate the relationship between vaccination rates, vaccine attitudes, and some parental health practices.<br></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-weight: 700;">Design and Methods: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">This cross-sectional study was conducted with 674 mothers. Data were collected using a survey evaluating vaccine characteristics, some infant health practices, and The Public Attitude Toward Vaccination Scale—Health Belief Model. Chi-square test, independent samples </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-style: italic;">t</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">-test, and logistic regression analysis were used.<br></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-weight: 700;">Results: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">80.2% of children were fully vaccinated. The rate of non or under-vaccination was higher in the group that did not regularly undergo follow-up for 0–2-year-old children, did not fully have health screenings, did not use vitamin D and iron supple- ments, and used alternative medicine. Moreover, the duration of breast milk feeding, the transition to supplementary food, and the duration of vitamin D use in the non-fully vaccinated group were lower than in the fully vaccinated group (</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-style: italic;">p </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: STIXMath; font-style: italic;">< </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">.05). The increase in maternal education period and severity and benefit attitude scores of vaccine atti- tude were the factors that decreased the rate of non-fully vaccination. The increase in barrier scores toward vaccines increased the rate of non or under-vaccination. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato; font-weight: 700;">Conclusion: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Lato;">Mothers who have negative attitudes toward vaccination have negative behaviors in health practices and screenings on infant/child health.</span></p></div></div></div> |
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