Table 4. Reasons for not receiving or not intending to receive vaccine.
| Influenza (n = 30) N (%) |
Tdap (n = 6) N (%) |
MCV4 (n = 12) N (%) |
HPV (n = 20) N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concern about side-effects | 18 (62.1)† | 4 (66.7) * | 8 (66.7) * | 13 (65.0) * |
| Concern it would make my child sick | 20 (69.0)* | 1 (16.7) | 7 (58.3) † | 11 (55.0) † |
| Didn’t know that vaccine was recommended for children | 5 (17.2) | 2 (33.3) † | 5 (41.7) | — |
| My child didn’t need it | 17 (58.6)‡ | 1 (16.7) | — | 8 (40.0) ‡ |
| May increase sexual activity | — | — | — | 3 (15.0) |
| My child is too young to get it | — | — | — | 8 (40.0) ‡ |
| My child is scared of needles | 10 (34.5) | 2 (33.3) † | 4 (33.3) ‡ | 6 (30.0) |
| Our family doctor did not recommend it | 7 (24.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (25.0) | 7 (35.0) |
| Didn’t know where to go to get it | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — | — |
| Hard to find time to fit it in | 4 (13.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (15.0) |
| The vaccine costs too much | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.0) |
| Vaccine does not prevent disease | 9 (31.0) | — | — | — |
Notes: *Primary reason for vaccine refusal. †Second most reason for vaccine refusal. ‡Third most reason for vaccine refusal.