Response to an education program for parents about adult pertussis vaccination.
We designed a prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention designed to increase awareness and knowledge of pertussis among parents and grandparents of newborns. We also evaluated its effect on their willingness to receive the tetanus toxoid-diphtheria toxoid-acellular pertussis vaccine. There was a statistically significant (P < .05) increase in participants' knowledge about pertussis and in their willingness to receive vaccination after our education program. However, follow-up several months after participants underwent the intervention revealed that only 12 (8%) of 150 participants had been vaccinated.
Iroh Tam
Pui-Ying
PY
Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Children's Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA. pui-ying.irohtam@bhs.org
Visintainer
Paul
P
Fisher
Donna
D
D000328:Adult; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000517:prevention & control; D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008404:Massachusetts; D010290:Parents; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013742:Tetanus / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines; C509326:adacel