TY - JOUR
T1 - Quick assessment of the influence of the Hepatitis B vaccine event on children's vaccination
AU - Yue, Chenyan
AU - Sun, Xiaojin
AU - Wei, Ning
AU - Yu, Wenzhou
AU - Cui, Fuqiang
AU - Wang, Huaqing
AU - Li, Li
AU - Zhang, Lijie
AU - Shi, Guoqing
AU - An, Zhijie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/10/2
Y1 - 2016/10/2
N2 - Objective: From December 2013 to January 2014, a large number of medias in China reported negative information about Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) safety issues using eye-catching titles, such as “3 infants in Hunan inoculated with HepB occurred adverse event, and 2 died,” and that caused crisis of confidence in vaccination, which we called “HepB event.” The progress of “HepB event” could be divided into 3 stages which were initiation, peak and ending stages. In order to evaluate the influence of “HepB event” on the attitudes of participants toward Hepatitis B vaccine safety and their intention of vaccinating their children in different stages, and provide evidence for authority departments as soon as possible to take measures to prevent decrease of HepB coverage rate, a quick field investigation was carried out. Methods: Using convenience sampling methods during the initiation, peak and ending stages of the “HepB event.” Results: In the 3 stages of the “HepB event,” the awareness rate of the event among participants was rapidly rising, showing that the participants paid great attention to the event, and the information was spread very quickly. The proportion of participants who knew the event but thought that the Hepatitis B vaccine was unsafe were 31%, 37% and 26% respectively in 3 stages. In addition, the acceptance of vaccination by the participants was influenced, the proportion of participants who would like to delay or reject vaccinating their children was up to 43% in the peak stage of the event. Conclusions: The “HepB event” had impacted on the participants' confidence in the safety of Hepatitis B vaccine. For such event, relevant authority departments need effectively communicate with the media and the public, and promptly issue positive information and the investigation result, thereby reducing the negative impact of the event, and improve the vaccine confidence among the public.
AB - Objective: From December 2013 to January 2014, a large number of medias in China reported negative information about Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) safety issues using eye-catching titles, such as “3 infants in Hunan inoculated with HepB occurred adverse event, and 2 died,” and that caused crisis of confidence in vaccination, which we called “HepB event.” The progress of “HepB event” could be divided into 3 stages which were initiation, peak and ending stages. In order to evaluate the influence of “HepB event” on the attitudes of participants toward Hepatitis B vaccine safety and their intention of vaccinating their children in different stages, and provide evidence for authority departments as soon as possible to take measures to prevent decrease of HepB coverage rate, a quick field investigation was carried out. Methods: Using convenience sampling methods during the initiation, peak and ending stages of the “HepB event.” Results: In the 3 stages of the “HepB event,” the awareness rate of the event among participants was rapidly rising, showing that the participants paid great attention to the event, and the information was spread very quickly. The proportion of participants who knew the event but thought that the Hepatitis B vaccine was unsafe were 31%, 37% and 26% respectively in 3 stages. In addition, the acceptance of vaccination by the participants was influenced, the proportion of participants who would like to delay or reject vaccinating their children was up to 43% in the peak stage of the event. Conclusions: The “HepB event” had impacted on the participants' confidence in the safety of Hepatitis B vaccine. For such event, relevant authority departments need effectively communicate with the media and the public, and promptly issue positive information and the investigation result, thereby reducing the negative impact of the event, and improve the vaccine confidence among the public.
KW - Hepatitis B vaccine
KW - media
KW - vaccination
KW - vaccination hesitance
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U2 - 10.1080/21645515.2016.1187351
DO - 10.1080/21645515.2016.1187351
M3 - Article
C2 - 27245742
AN - SCOPUS:84980390608
SN - 2164-5515
VL - 12
SP - 2611
EP - 2615
JO - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
JF - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
IS - 10
ER -