Social-psychological determinants of maternal pertussis vaccination acceptance during pregnancy among women in the Netherlands

Background: Maternal Pertussis Vaccination (MPV) during pregnancy became part of the National Immunization Program in the Netherlands late 2019. This study aims to identify social-psychological factors associated with MPV acceptance among Dutch women to add to the current understanding of vaccine hesitancy worldwide, and to inform the...

Kinkhoestvaccinatie tijdens de zwangerschap: wensen voor informatievoorziening en organisatie

Introduction. We studied the information and care need of pregnant women regarding maternal pertussis vaccination (MPV). Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study using an online survey among 202 pregnant women. They were asked what kind of information they would want to receive about the vaccination, at which moment and from whom, as well...

Factsheet Hpvkeuzehulp.nl helpt ouders bij hpv-vaccinatie

TNO en de Universiteit Maastricht hebben een nieuwe, persoonlijke manier van communiceren ontwikkeld over de HPV-vaccinatie. Dit is een online keuzehulp waarin ouders advies-op-maat krijgen van twee virtuele assistenten.

Motivational and contextual determinants of HPV-vaccination uptake: A longitudinal study among mothers of girls invited for the HPV-vaccination

Background In the Netherlands, HPV-vaccination uptake among 12-year-old girls remains to be lower (61% in 2016) than expected. The present study is about 1) replicating the extent to which social-psychological determinants found in earlier cross-sectional studies explain HPV-vaccination intention, and 2) testing whether HPV-vaccination intention...

Acceptance of vaccination

Both in 2013 and 2015 the mean intention of parents to vaccinate their child was high. Only 21% of parents reported making an informed decision about childhood vaccinations included in the NIP. Mass media attention on the use of allegedly inferior needles, which was later refuted, appeared to have a negative impact on mothers’ attitudes and...

Vaccination decision-making of immigrant parents in the Netherlands; a focus group study

Background Although the vaccination coverage in most high income countries is high, variations in coverage rates on the national level among different ethnic backgrounds are reported. A qualitative study was performed to explore factors that influence decision-making among parents with different ethnic backgrounds in the Netherlands. Methods Six...

Disease detection or public opinion reflection? content analysis of tweets, other social media, and online newspapers during the measles outbreak in the Netherlands in 2013

Background: In May 2013, a measles outbreak began in the Netherlands among Orthodox Protestants who often refuse vaccination for religious reasons. Objective: Our aim was to compare the number of messages expressed on Twitter and other social media during the measles outbreak with the number of online news articles and the number of reported...

Factors that influence vaccination decision-making by parents who visit an anthroposophical child welfare center: A focus group study.

Psychosocial determinants of parents' intention to vaccinate their newborn child against hepatitis B

From October 2011, The Netherlands started to vaccinate all newborns against hepatitis B. The aim of the present study was to get insight in the psychosocial factors that determine parents' intention to vaccinate their child against hepatitis B, and to test whether intention to vaccinate is a good predictor of actual vaccination behaviour. In...