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. 2024 Sep 6;77(4):e20240126.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0126. eCollection 2024.

Parents' or legal guardians' beliefs and attitudes about childhood vaccination: a scoping review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mariana Mesquita de Oliveira Lima  1 , Aline Oliveira Silveira  1 , Ana Paula Sarmento Charão Aureliano  1 , Hellen Cristina Costa Rocha  1 , Luciana Melo de Moura  2 , Sammya Rodrigues Dos Santos  1
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Parents' or legal guardians' beliefs and attitudes about childhood vaccination: a scoping review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mariana Mesquita de Oliveira Lima et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objective: to map scientific evidence about perceptions, beliefs, knowledge and attitudes of parents or legal guardians of children under 5 years of age regarding routine childhood vaccination.

Methods: a scoping review, conducted in accordance with the JBI framework. The searches were carried out in the PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus and LILACS databases. A total of 5,535 studies were returned and 77 were selected, which met the inclusion criteria.

Results: perceptions related to interaction with healthcare professionals and services, with family organization and structure, with social interaction and public policies, cultural, religious and personal beliefs, knowledge about vaccination schedule, vaccination and immunization process and sources of information are the main factors mapped and which can positively or negatively influence parents' or legal guardians' attitudes towards vaccinating children.

Conclusions: the findings allow us to identify factors related to parents' perception and beliefs about childhood vaccination.

Objetivo:: mapear la evidencia científica sobre las percepciones, creencias, conocimientos y actitudes de padres o tutores legales de niños menores de 5 años respecto de la vacunación infantil rutinaria.

Métodos:: revisión del alcance, realizada de acuerdo con el marco del JBI. Las búsquedas se realizaron en las bases de datos PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus y LILACS. Se devolvieron 5.535 estudios y se seleccionaron 77, que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusion.

Resultados:: percepciones relacionadas con la interacción con los profesionales y servicios de salud, con la organización y estructura familiar, con la interacción social y las políticas públicas, creencias culturales, religiosas y personales, el conocimiento sobre el calendario de vacunación, el proceso de vacunación e inmunización y las fuentes de información son los principales factores mapeados y que pueden influir positiva o negativamente en las actitudes de los padres o tutores legales hacia la vacunación de los niños.

Conclusiones:: los hallazgos permiten identificar factores relacionados con la percepción y creencias de los padres sobre la vacunación infantil.

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Figure 1. Flowchart of the selection and screening process of systematic review articles according to the PRISMA method(16), 2024
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Figure 2. Distribution of article production worldwide, 2024
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Figura 1. Fluxograma do processo de seleção e triagem dos artigos de revisão sistemática segundo método PRISMA(16), 2024
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Figura 2. Distribuição da produção de artigos mundialmente, 2024
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