Impact of Personal Experiences and Emotionality on Passing the Childhood Vaccination Programme

Abstract

Anti-vaccination campaigns have spread a negative impact on the willingness of parents to get their children vaccinated that´s why we focused on the factors that influence whether the children pass vaccination programme valid in Slovakia. The emotionality may have a great impact on the decision making of mother about childhood vaccination including awareness of life-threatening diseases and purpose of the vaccine in the general. The research has shown that less than 30% of sample involves parents who have refused to vaccinate. This is in spite of the fact that life-threatening diseases have been greatly reduced due to mandatory vaccination programs through the years in Slovakia. The data analysed the attitudes of 875 mothers who have two-year old children. We wanted to know the affects, of their emotional beliefs on decision-making about getting their children vaccinated.