Barriers to vaccination among Japanese medical students: focus group interviews.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia Country of Publication: Australia NLM ID: 100886002 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1442-200X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13288067 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Int Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Carlton South, Vic. : Blackwell Science Asia, c1999-
    • Subject Terms:
      Attitude of Health Personnel* ; Attitude to Health*; Cross Infection/*prevention & control ; Interviews as Topic/*methods ; Patient Compliance/*statistics & numerical data ; Students, Medical/*statistics & numerical data ; Vaccination/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Awareness ; Female ; Humans ; Japan ; Male ; Patient Compliance/psychology ; Retrospective Studies ; Vaccination/economics ; Vaccination/psychology ; Vaccines/therapeutic use
    • Abstract:
      Background: To date, medical schools and clinical training hospitals in Japan that require students to show immunity for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chickenpox), and hepatitis B prior to the commencement of residency are limited.
      Methods: This qualitative study used focus group interviews to elucidate why medical students do not undergo vaccination. A total of three groups were identified and interviewed: group A (two men, three women), group B (two men, two women), group C (three men, two women). All recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed according to the constant comparative method with a series of codes and categories.
      Results: Findings elucidated that vaccination for medical students is not mandatory in Japan. Analysis found that the factors that influence willingness to be vaccinated can be divided into three dimensions (individual level, university/regional hospital level, governmental level) and two primary categories (cost of vaccination, awareness of vaccination) consisting of 10 codes. These factors did not exist in isolation, but have mutually overlapping areas.
      Conclusions: Vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases is essential to a hospital's infectious-disease countermeasures and cannot continue to be overlooked by physicians (at the individual level), by universities and residency programs (at the community level) nor by the government (at the national level).
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Vaccines)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20080607 Date Completed: 20080731 Latest Revision: 20160511
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02576.x
    • Accession Number:
      18533941