The State of Vaccine Confidence in Poland

A 2019 Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID15498787
AuthorsFilip Furman, Wojciech Stefan Zgliczyński (0000-0003-0054-4860, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, corresponding author), Mateusz Jankowski (0000-0002-7142-5167, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine), Tomasz Baran (0000-0003-2922-7551, University of Warsaw), Łukasz Szumowski (0000-0003-2641-8950, Institute of Cardiology), Jarosław Pinkas (0000-0002-1015-9643, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue12
Pages4565-4565
Publication date2020-06-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17124565
PMID32599943
OpenAlexW3037826254
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited4

Vaccination is considered as one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. This study aimed to assess (1) the attitudes and behaviors towards mandatory childhood vaccination, with particular emphasis on socio-economic factors determining the vaccine confidence among adults in Poland as well as to (2) identify the potential impact of anti-vaccination movement on vaccination coverage among children and adolescents aged ≤19 years. This cross-sectional study was carried in 2019 on a nationwide, representative sample of 1079 individuals aged 18 and over in Poland (53.7% females). Most of the respondents (74.6%) agreed or strongly agreed that mandatory vaccinations are safe, and only 8% of participants neglected the safety of vaccines. The results of multivariate analysis showed that the lowest level of vaccine confidence was observed among participants aged 25-34 years (aOR: 0.48, 95%CI: 0.29-0.80; p = 0.01). There was a positive correlation ( r = 0.35; p r = 0.19; p r = -0.13; p < 0.001) between trust in horoscopes and vaccine confidence was observed. Most of the parents declared (97.7%), that their children were vaccinated following the national immunization programme. However, 8.5% of parents who currently vaccinated their children declared that they would stop vaccinating children when vaccination obligation will be abolished. This study demonstrates relatively high confidence in mandatory vaccination among adults in Poland. While most of society trusts in vaccine safety, young adults are the least trustful of vaccinations

Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Medicine · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy