Table 3.

Likelihood of respondents agreeing with key vaccination-related beliefs associated with medical training

Key vaccination belief	Respondents agreed or strongly agreed (%)		Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Nurses (n = 273)	Non-nurses (n = 259)
I am concerned that children’s immune systems could be weakened by too many immunizations	17 (6.7)	29 (11.2)	0.48 (0.26–0.90)*	0.52 (0.27–1.01)
Vaccines strengthen the immune system	222 (81.3)	160 (61.8)	2.14 (1.40–3.30)*	2.20 (1.40–3.48)*
Immunizations do more harm than good	18 (6.6)	18 (6.9)	0.88 (0.45–1.74)	0.81 (0.41–1.62)
I am opposed to immunization requirements because they go against freedom of choice	11 (4.0)	31 (12.0)	0.29 (0.14–0.60)*	0.30 (0.13–0.63)*
I am opposed to immunization requirements because parents know what is best for their children	5 (1.8)	16 (6.2)	0.27 (0.10–0.75)*	0.28 (0.10–0.80)*
Immunization requirements protect children from getting diseases from unimmunized children	238 (87.2)	213 (82.2)	1.33 (0.80–2.20)	1.32 (0.78–2.22)
Parents should be allowed to send their children to school even if not vaccinated	268 (98.1)	249 (96.1)	0.61 (0.34–1.08)	0.59 (0.33–1.08)