Hemşirelerin Çocukluk Çağı Aşı Karşıtlığı ile Toplumda Aşı Karşıtlığının Önlenmesindeki Rol ve Sorumluluklarına İlişkin Görüşleri

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 180 - 187, 27.01.2023

Ayşe Şener Taplak , Sevinç Polat

https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.1162000

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma çocukluk çağı aşı karşıtlığı ile aşı karşıtlığının önlenmesindeki rol ve sorumluluklarına ilişkin hemşirelerin görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki çalışma Mayıs-Ağustos 2020 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmanın örneklemini bir üniversite hastanesinde çalışan 199 hemşire oluşturdu. Gerekli izinlerin alınmasının ardından veriler araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan tanıtıcı bilgi formu ve çocukluk çağı aşı karşıtlığı ile toplumda aşı karşıtlığını önlemeye ilişkin rol ve sorumlulukları belirlemeye yönelik bir anket formu ile toplandı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analizler kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Bu çalışmada, hemşirelerin %80.9’u çocukluk çağı aşılarını gerekli bulurken; %19.1’inin aşılamaya ilişkin tereddüt bildirdiği belirlendi. Hemşirelerin toplumda aşı karşıtlığına ilişkin algıladıkları nedenler arasında, %58.3 ile aşıların yan etkileri olduğu düşüncesinin, %42.7 ile aşılara olan güvensizliğin ilk sıralarda yer aldığı saptandı. Hemşirelerin aşı karşıtlığının önlenmesi ve toplumsal farkındalığın arttırılmasındaki rol ve sorumluluklarını; eğitim, danışmanlık ve rol model olmak yolu ile ebeveynleri bilinçlendirmek, sosyal medya, kongre, sempozyum ve kamu spotları yolu ile farkındalığı artırmak, kanıta dayalı çalışmalar yapmak ve bilimsel yayınları takip etmek olarak bildirdikleri bulundu.
Sonuç: Çocukluk çağı aşı karşıtlığının önlenmesine yönelik politikalar geliştirilmesi, hemşirelerin hizmetiçi eğitimler ve bilimsel etkinliklerle konu ile ilgili farkındalıklarının arttırılması ve aşı karşıtlığının önlenmesinde etkin rol almaları önerilir.

Keywords

Hemşire, Çocukluk Çağı Aşı karşıtlığı, Rol, Sorumluluk, Nurse, Childhood Anti-vaccination, Role, Responsibility

Supporting Institution

YOK

Project Number

YOK

Thanks

YOK

Nurses' Opinions about Childhood Anti-Vaccination, Roles and Responsibilities in Preventing Anti-Vaccination Attitudes in Society

Abstract

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the opinions of nurses on childhood anti-vaccination and their roles and responsibilities in the prevention of anti-vaccination in society.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2020 and August 2020. The sample of the study consisted of 199 nurses working in a university hospital. After obtaining the necessary permission the data were collected with an introductory information form and a questionnaire on views on childhood anti-vaccination, roles, and responsibilities regarding prevention of anti-vaccination in society, prepared by the researchers. Descriptive statistical analyzes were used in the assessment of the data.
Results: In this study, 80.9% of the nurses found childhood vaccination necessary; 19.1% reported hesitations about vaccination. The reasons perceived by the nurses regarding anti-vaccination, in society included that 58.3% of the individuals thought that the vaccine had side effects and was unsafety of vaccines followed by a rate of 42.7%. The opinions were determined about roles and responsibilities of nurses in preventing anti-vaccination attitudes and in raising awareness, in society; to inform parents by training, counseling, and being a role model, raising awareness through social media, congresses, symposiums and public service ads, conducting evidence-based studies and following scientific publications.
Conclusion: It is recommended to develop policies for the prevention of childhood anti-vaccination, to increase awareness of nurses about the issue through in-service trainings and scientific activities, and to take an active role in preventing anti-vaccination.

Keywords

Nurse, Childhood Anti-vaccination, Role, Responsibility

Project Number

YOK

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