Chickenpox Vaccine: Parental Attitudes Towards the Chickenpox Vaccine in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Chickenpox has disrupted the lives of children and parents throughout the world for many decades. Children who are infected with the chickenpox virus are stripped of their daily routine for approximately a week, with continuous itching, discomfort, and isolation from peers. The development and use of the chickenpox vaccine has been a solution to reducing the incidence of chickenpox in the United States, as well as in other countries. Therefore, new for the 2002-2003 school year, Illinois parents will be required to have their children vaccinated or show proof of having the disease for school attendance. In order to characterize parents understanding of infectious diseases, chickenpox, and chickenpox vaccine, personal interviews were conducted with central Illinois parents. We anticipate that parents do not fully understand the mechanism of infectious disease and vaccination, especially chickenpox.
School:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department:
Health Planning and Administration
Research Advisor:
Janet Reis
Department of Research Advisor:
Community Health
Year of Publication:
2002