TABLE 1.

Knowledge of, beliefs toward and barriers to childhood immunizations reported by parents or guardians

Knowledge of and beliefs toward childhood immunizations	n (%)	95% CI
Do you understand the diseases that immunizations help protect against?
Yes	595 (94.7)	91.2–98.1
Did you believe that your child was fully up to date with immunizations?
No – did not know child was behind	514 (81.8)	75.8–87.7
My child has an appointment booked	66 (10.5)	4.5–16.4
My child just had an appointment	27 (4.3)	1.1–7.4
I do not plan to immunize my child at this time	21 (3.3)	0.5–6.0
Should children be immunized when they are sick with a minor illness like a cold?
No, they should not be	505 (80.3%)	63.4–77.3
Do you believe that childhood immunizations have serious known side effects?
Yes, they have known side effects	155 (24.7)	18.0–31.3
Do you believe that childhood immunizations have serious unknown side effects?
Yes, they have unknown side effects	185 (29.5)	22.5–36.4
Barriers to immunization of your child
Forgot to immunize
Yes	361 (57.5)	49.9–65.0
Do not have time in your day
Yes	188 (29.9)	22.8–36.9
Do not have an immunization clinic nearby
Yes	56 (8.9)	4.5–13.2
Lack access to transportation
Yes	75 (11.9)	6.9–16.8
Do not trust the medical community
Yes	38 (6.1)	2.4–9.7
Personally had a bad experience with health care in the past
Yes	79 (12.6)	7.5–17.6
Had a bad experience when your child was immunized
Yes	44 (7.0)	3.0–10.9
Personal objections to childhood immunization
Yes	75 (11.9)	6.9–16.8
If YES to personal objections, what is your objection to immunization? (n=75)
Cultural/religious	3 (4.0)	1.0–6.9
Homeopathic	12 (16.0)	10.3–21.6
Safety	60 (80.0)	73.8–86.6