Objective To understand the willingness of preschool children parents to receive Enterovirus 71 vaccine(EV71)for their children and analyze the influencing factors in Changning District,Shanghai,and provide the suggestions for promoting EV71 vaccine.Methods Randomly sampling was used to select children enrolled in childcare institutions within Changning District,and a questionnaire was distributed to their parents.Results The proportion of parents who were willing to vaccinate their children with EV71 vaccine was 75.40%.Logistic regression analysis showed that parents who do not believe EV71 will had strong side effects,had higher scores on the vaccine hesitancy scale,and lower scores on active knowledge acquisition were more willing to vaccinate their children with EV71 vaccine.Conclusion The willingness of parents to vaccinate their children with EV71 vaccine is influenced by their awareness of the side effects of EV71 vaccine,vaccine hesitation,and proactive knowledge acquisition.Health education should couducted for parents to improve the vaccination rate.
Hand foot and mouth disease(HFMD)EV71 vaccineInfluencing factor