Investigators: Grace Currie, Julie Marsh, Tom Snelling, Yue Wu
External collaborators: Steven Mascaro (Monash University)
Incomplete uptake of vaccination remains a problem, with vaccine preventable diseases still occurring in Australia and other countries despite routine provision of childhood vaccination. Understanding which parental beliefs contribute to incomplete vaccination might help to identify and prioritise opportunities to intervene. This project has surveyed WA parents to better understand beliefs and attitudes towards vaccination.
In addition, we are also able to see if the seasonal influenza vaccine is protective against hospitalisation with influenza by collecting data on patients presenting with respiratory symptoms are diagnosed with and without influenza.