Attitudes and field experiences of primary health care workers on vaccine refusals in Mardin

Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and field experiences of primary health care workers on vaccine refusals. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with a total of 201 people (inclusion rate: 91.4%) including doctors, midwives, nurses and other healthcare professionals in all units (including district health directorates, Healthy Living Centres) of Mardin Provincial Health Directorate.A questionnaire form and antivaccination scale were used to collect the data.Descriptive data are shown with numbers and percentages.It was used to Mann Whitney U test to evaluate the relationships between the total and sub-dimension scores of the scale, demographic and vaccination practice variables.Results: 5.0% of healthcare workers supported vaccine refusal, and 15.4% had vaccine hesitation.The most commonly reported reason for concern about vaccination was not finding vaccine ingredients safe. Almost all participants have experienced vaccine refusalMakale Dili "Trke"/Article Language "Turkish"