Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Meningococcal, Rotavirus, and HPV Vaccines in Children and Adolescents
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Doç. Dr. Eren YILDIZ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Rukiye Ünsal Saç
University of Health Sciences, Türkiye
University of Health Sciences, Türkiye
Hilmi Onur Kabukçu Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fethiye Yıldız Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Funda Çatan İnan Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Medine Ayşin Taşar University of Health Sciences, Türkiye
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(SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Dergi Adı | Healthcare Switzerland (Q1) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2227-9032 Dergi Bilgileri (2025) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 04-2025 |
| Kabul Tarihi | – | Yayınlanma Tarihi | 03-04-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 13 / 7 / – | DOI | 10.3390/healthcare13070811 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13070811 | ||
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Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları (Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları)
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| Aim This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of family physicians and family health personnel who are responsible for childhood vaccination services in primary care regarding meningococcal, rotavirus, and human papillomavirus vaccines. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2021 and January 2022. A total of 700 healthcare professionals from all geographical regions in Turkey were included in the study. The participants filled out an online questionnaire consisting of 39 questions created with Google Forms. Results Of the participants, 340 (48.6%) are family physicians, and 360 (51.4%) are family health personnel. Most participants are from the Marmara region, Turkey’s most densely populated region. The most recommended vaccine among the participants was rotavirus (84.3%), while the least recommended vaccine was human papilloma virus (47.6%). The number of family physicians recommending meningococcal and human papilloma virus vaccines was significantly higher than that of family health personnel (p < 0.001). Furthermore, there was a statistically significant correlation between seeing a patient with these viruses in one’s professional life or considering the severity of these three diseases to be severe and recommending these vaccines (p < 0.001 for both). However, lack of knowledge about vaccines and doses, the high cost of vaccines, and concerns about side effects were among the reasons for not recommending vaccines. Conclusions Healthcare professionals involved in childhood immunization should be trained to increase their knowledge and awareness on this issue … |
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| attitude | healthcare professionals | knowledge | physician | vaccine |
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| Web of Science | 2 |
| Scopus | 2 |
| Google Scholar | 5 |