Analysis of the Attitude Towards Immunization of Doctors of Various Specialties

Abstract

The adherence of population and health workers to vaccination is currently one of the most important aspects to achieve high effectiveness of immunization programs. Goal. Study of the attitude of doctors to the need for vaccination. Materials and methods. A survey was conducted on the questions of the attitude to immunization of 512 doctors of different specialties. Results. Analysis of questionnaires has shown that 80% of respondents positive attitude to vaccination. More than 84% of respondents believe that vaccination reduces the incidence, but only 54% noted that they have enough information about it. Even with a positive attitude towards immunization in general, there are different opinions about vaccinations against some infections. More than 90% of the respondents vaccinated their children against diphtheria and tetanus, poliomyelitis. Against measles 88%, tuberculosis 87%, pertussis 85%, hepatitis B 80%, epidemic mumps 77%. The inadequate adherence of doctors to vaccination against influenza (57%), pneumococcal infection (43%), Heamopfilus Influenzae infection (31%) and varicella (29%). Conclusion. The adherence of doctors to immunization is deficient. The reasons for this are a low level of knowledge and a lack of reliable information on vaccination. It is necessary to use all possible variants of informing health workers.

Keywords

• vaccination
• immunization
• the adherence health workers to vaccination
• efficacy of immunization