title: Willingness to be vaccinated against shigella and other forms of dysentery: a comparison of three regions in Asia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26506_9190, USA. rpack@hsc.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pack
authors.forename: Yaping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Seidlein
authors.forename: Al
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pach
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaljee
authors.forename: Piyarat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Butraporn
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Youlong
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: Zulfiqar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.forename: Siti Sapardiyah
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Santoso
authors.forename: Dang Duc
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Trach
authors.forename: Imam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Waluyo
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nyamete
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: Bonita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D022281:Shigella Vaccines