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| Title |
Paternal education status significantly influences infants’ measles vaccination uptake, independent of maternal education status
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-336 |
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| Authors |
Anu Rammohan, Niyi Awofeso, Renae C Fernandez |
| Abstract |
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Despite increased funding of measles vaccination programs by national governments and international aid agencies, structural factors encumber attainment of childhood measles immunisation to levels which may guarantee herd immunity. One of such factors is parental education status. Research on the links between parental education and vaccination has typically focused on the influence of maternal education status. This study aims to demonstrate the independent influence of paternal education status on measles immunisation. METHODS: Comparable nationally representative survey data were obtained from six countries with the highest numbers of children missing the measles vaccine in 2008. Logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the influence of paternal education on uptake of the first dose of measles vaccination, independent of maternal education, whilst controlling for confounding factors such as respondent's age, urban/rural residence, province/state of residence, religion, wealth and occupation. RESULTS: The results of the analysis show that even if a mother is illiterate, having a father with an education of Secondary (high school) schooling and above is statistically significant and positively correlated with the likelihood of a child being vaccinated for measles, in the six countries analysed. Paternal education of secondary or higher level was significantly and independently correlated with measles immunisation uptake after controlling for all potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS: The influence of paternal education status on measles immunisation uptake was investigated and found to be statistically significant in six nations with the biggest gaps in measles immunisation coverage in 2008. This study underscores the imperative of utilising both maternal and paternal education as screening variables to identify children at risk of missing measles vaccination prospectively. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| Lebanon | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 170 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 170 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 37 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
| Researcher | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 17% |
| Unknown | 44 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 11% |
| Unknown | 52 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2021.
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#5,847,892
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#5,982
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#40,325
of 163,481 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#63
of 210 outputs
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