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. 2001 Mar 1;92(2):100–104. [Article in French] doi: 10.1007/BF03404939

Manque de conviction face à la vaccination chez certains vaccinateurs québécois

Marc Dionne 16,26,, Nicole Boulianne 16,26,46, Bernard Duval 16,26,46, France Lavoie 26, Nathalie Laflamme 26, John Carsley 16,36, Louise Valiquette 16,36, Suzanne Gagnon 46, Louis Rochette 26, Gaston De Serres 16,26,46
PMCID: PMC6979719  PMID: 11338145

Abstract

A questionnaire was mailed to all vaccinators in Quebec in 1998. The objective of this survey was to document vaccinators’ attitudes, knowledge, and practices related to vaccination.

Vaccinators generally believe in the security, efficacy and usefulness of vaccines given to young children. However, 41% of nurses do not fully agree with these opinions. More than 94% of pediatricians completely disagree that “certain practices (homeopathy, good eating habits and a healthy lifestyle) can eliminate the need for vaccination”, compared with 85% of general practitioners and only 60% of nurses.

Less than 25% of doctors recall children who are late in getting their immunizations; approximately 45% of vaccinators are in complete agreement with simultaneous injections of two vaccines; many circumstances are incorrectly seen as contra indications for vaccination.

Public health authorities should target systematic interventions towards vaccinators to improve this situation and to increase nurses’ conviction regarding the benefits of vaccination.

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