Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: a comparison of three regions in Asia.
We conducted a cross sectional survey of 3163 women and men in six Asian countries to examine willingness for children and adults to be vaccinated against shigellosis and other forms of dysentery. The six sites were clustered into three regions for ease of comparison. The regions are: Northeast Asia (China), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia) and South Asia (Bangladesh and Pakistan). We used multiple logistic regression to identify region-specific models for vaccination willingness for both adults and children. A vaccine to protect against dysentery, if available would be very much in demand throughout the three Asian regions for children. For adults, the responses indicate that vaccine uptake by adults will vary. A large proportion of respondents in all regions, specifically in China, do not perceive themselves at risk yet still consider a shigellosis vaccine desirable.
Pack
Robert
R
Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26506_9190, USA. rpack@hsc.wvu.edu
Wang
Yaping
Y
Singh
Amber
A
von Seidlein
Lorenz
L
Pach
Al
A
Kaljee
Linda
L
Butraporn
Piyarat
P
Youlong
Gong
G
Blum
Lauren
L
Bhutta
Zulfiqar
Z
Santoso
Siti Sapardiyah
SS
Trach
Dang Duc
DD
Waluyo
Imam
I
Nyamete
Andrew
A
Clemens
John
J
Stanton
Bonita
B
D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D004403:Dysentery; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011584:Psychology; D011634:Public Health; D022281:Shigella Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
D022281:Shigella Vaccines