Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and determinants of infant vaccination timeliness.

Gilchrist, CA; Chelimo, C; Tatnell, R; Atatoa Carr, P; Camargo, CA; Morton, S; Grant, CC

Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and determinants of infant vaccination timeliness.

Gilchrist, CA Chelimo, C Tatnell, R Atatoa Carr, P Camargo, CA Morton, S

Grant, CC

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Publisher:: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2021, 17, (12), pp. 5214-5225
Issue Date:: 2021-12-02

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dc.contributor.author	Gilchrist, CA
dc.contributor.author	Chelimo, C
dc.contributor.author	Tatnell, R
dc.contributor.author	Atatoa Carr, P
dc.contributor.author	Camargo, CA
dc.contributor.author	Morton, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-7020
dc.contributor.author	Grant, CC
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-13T02:51:31Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-13T02:51:31Z
dc.date.issued	2021-12-02
dc.identifier.citation	Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2021, 17, (12), pp. 5214-5225
dc.identifier.issn	2164-5515
dc.identifier.issn	2164-554X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/183314
dc.description.abstract	The information fathers receive about infant vaccination may influence their decision to vaccinate. We describe fathers' sources of vaccination information and paternal determinants of timely infant vaccinations. Participants were from a child cohort study in New Zealand. The child cohort was established by enrolling pregnant women and their partners. During pregnancy, fathers (n = 4017) of the cohort children born 2009-2010 described information sources that encouraged or discouraged infant vaccination. The National Immunization Register provided infant vaccination data. Independent associations of the vaccination information received by fathers with the timeliness of their infant's vaccination were determined using multivariable logistic regression. Associations were described using adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. One-third of fathers (1430/4017 [36%]) recalled receiving vaccination information, 64% of which encouraged vaccination. Most infants (2900/4017 [72%]) received all their vaccinations on time, however only 58% of Māori infants were vaccinated on time. Paternal determinants of vaccination timeliness were the father receiving discouraging or conflicting information about vaccination, father's ethnicity, father's vaccination hesitancy, and whether the mother received vaccination information. To improve vaccination uptake and timeliness, a vaccination conversation with mothers, fathers and whānau could be included in routine antenatal care, informing and supporting decision-making, and addressing concerns. Vaccination education should address present and historic distrust of the health system. Framing vaccination within a Māori model of health and including fathers and whānau in decision-making will address vaccination inequities in New Zealand.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Hum Vaccin Immunother
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/21645515.2021.1932212
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Fathers
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Immunization
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Vaccination
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Immunization
dc.subject.mesh	Vaccination
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Fathers
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Cohort Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Fathers
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Immunization
dc.subject.mesh	Infant
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Mothers
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy
dc.subject.mesh	Vaccination
dc.title	Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and determinants of infant vaccination timeliness.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	17
utslib.location.activity	United States
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Women & Children’s Health Research Collaborative (WCHC)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/INSIGHT: Institute for Innovative Solutions for Well-being and Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2025-01-13T02:51:28Z
pubs.issue	12
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	17
utslib.citation.issue	12

Abstract:

The information fathers receive about infant vaccination may influence their decision to vaccinate. We describe fathers' sources of vaccination information and paternal determinants of timely infant vaccinations. Participants were from a child cohort study in New Zealand. The child cohort was established by enrolling pregnant women and their partners. During pregnancy, fathers (n = 4017) of the cohort children born 2009-2010 described information sources that encouraged or discouraged infant vaccination. The National Immunization Register provided infant vaccination data. Independent associations of the vaccination information received by fathers with the timeliness of their infant's vaccination were determined using multivariable logistic regression. Associations were described using adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. One-third of fathers (1430/4017 [36%]) recalled receiving vaccination information, 64% of which encouraged vaccination. Most infants (2900/4017 [72%]) received all their vaccinations on time, however only 58% of Māori infants were vaccinated on time. Paternal determinants of vaccination timeliness were the father receiving discouraging or conflicting information about vaccination, father's ethnicity, father's vaccination hesitancy, and whether the mother received vaccination information. To improve vaccination uptake and timeliness, a vaccination conversation with mothers, fathers and whānau could be included in routine antenatal care, informing and supporting decision-making, and addressing concerns. Vaccination education should address present and historic distrust of the health system. Framing vaccination within a Māori model of health and including fathers and whānau in decision-making will address vaccination inequities in New Zealand.

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