Predicting behavioral intentions to children vaccination among Chinese parents: an extended TPB model
- 10 September 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Vol. 14 (11), 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1496765
Abstract
Parental behavioral intentions play a key role in children vaccination. The present study looks at how parental expectations for the vaccination influence their attitudes and behavioral intentions toward children’s immunization. The theoretical model is developed on TPB model and empirically tested with sample data from 380 children aged 0–7 years in mainland China. The structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis were used in the model to demonstrate the impact of the vaccination services quality, vaccination promotions and public opinions on attitudes and vaccination behavioral intention. Results support the study’s hypotheses and indicate that Vaccination Services Quality (VSQ), Vaccination Promotions (VAP) and Public Opinions (PUO) have positive effects on Attitudes (ATT) and Vaccination Behavioral Intention (VAI), VSQ has the strongest standardized path (.594) while PUO has the least influence (.131), and Attitude is complete mediation in all paths. Attitude is key factor that determine the parental behavioral intentions, and the internal perception comes from the vaccination services quality and the external influence comes from the social environment affect the parental attitude. Governments should implement effective policies and improve vaccination services quantity to eliminate parental misunderstandings.Keywords
Funding Information
- NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) (grant number 71601043, 71671039, 71671040)
- 2017 Youth Innovation Driven Project in Hunan University of Commerce (grant number 17QD06)
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