A Qualitative Study on the Evaluation of the Attitudes of the Families Against Vaccination by Nurses

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate nurses' reasons for being anti-vaccine, from which sources they area ffected, how they protect their children without vaccination, in short, the attitudes of patients against vaccination by nurses. In this study, qualitative research method and case science pattern were used. As a data collection tool, a semi-structured interview form was formed by using the related literatüre and expert opinions. Face to face interview technique was used in thestudy. The study was analyzed by the maticanalysis method. The study was conducted in three districts in Konya. These districts are Karatay, Meram and Seljuk. The study included 5 family health centers in each district. In this context, 15 nurses were interviewed. 16 questions about the subject were prepared by using literatüre and expert opinions. An average of 15 minutes was interviewed with each nurse. As a result of theinterviews conducted in theresearch, there are 4 themes, including the reasons for anti-vaccination, the reasons for vaccination, the ways to obtain information about vaccines, the methods of protecting the children of non-immunized families and the solutions of health workers. The reasons for families against vaccination consist of 7 sub-categories, 3 sub-categories of informationacquisition, 5 sub-categories of protection of children of families, and 4 sub-categories of solutions of health workers. Families have shown reasons such as the presence of mercury, paraben, the effect of religious groups and the import of vaccines from abroad. It has been seen that families get information about vaccines especially from internet and social media groups. Families who do not have vaccines think that they can protect their children with trust and alternative medicinea pplications. On the other hand, the interviewed nurses stated that public spots, domestic vaccine production and state sanctions would be effective for the solution of this issue.

Keywords

Vaccine, Anti Vaccine, Vaccine Rejection, Qualitative Research