title: Factors influencing vaccination uptake. Workshop report. Current Australian research on the behavioural, social and demographic factors influencing immunisation, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, March 1998.
abstract: Current Australian research on factors influencing vaccination was discussed at a workshop held at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, in March 1998, sponsored by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS). The application of decision making theory to vaccination behaviour, the expectations and experiences of mothers, and reasons why parents fail to vaccinate their children were considered. Mothers' perceptions of the risks of vaccines, preferences of parents and providers for the mode of vaccine delivery, and community and social factors were all found to be part of the framework within which vaccination is accepted in Australia. Consumer considerations, media influences and overseas comparisons were discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014611:Vaccination / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends