Table 3 Comparison of attitudes across child care workers by vaccination status
Totala Respondents (N = 575) n (%) | Pertussis | Influenza | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaccinated (N = 400) n (%) | Unvaccinated (N = 131) n (%) | p-value | Vaccinated (N = 256) n (%) | Unvaccinated (N = 287) n (%) | p-value | ||
Awareness and attitudes towards policy | |||||||
I am familiar with the immunisation recommendations for childcare staff in the Australian Immunisation Handbook | 381 (66.6) | 282 (70.9) | 71 (54.2) | 0.001 | 177 (69.4) | 178 (62.2) | 0.080 |
I am familiar with the immunisation recommendations for Childcare staff in the NHMRC guidelines | 422 (73.6)) | 313 (78.2) | 80 (61.5) | < 0.001 | 195 (76.5) | 201 (70.0) | 0.092 |
Childcare staff can play a role in disease spread if they do not get vaccinated | 494 (85.9) | 364 (91.0) | 91 (69.5) | < 0.001 | 242 (94.5) | 226 (78.7) | < 0.001 |
Children are required to be vaccinated, therefore staff should be as well | 471 (82.1) | 345 (86.2) | 87 (66.9) | < 0.001 | 237 (92.6) | 206 (72.0) | < 0.001 |
Vaccination can protect me from illness | 498 (87.2) | 363 (91.4) | 96 (73.3) | < 0.001 | 247 (97.2) | 223 (78.0) | < 0.001 |
Childcare staff should be offered vaccines free of charge | 479 (83.7) | 350 (87.9) | 91 (69.5) | < 0.001 | 230 (90.2) | 223 (77.7) | < 0.001 |
Attitudes towards specific infection and vaccine | |||||||
Childcare workers have an obligation to be vaccinated against pertussis | 486 (84.7) | 361 (90.2) | 86 (65.6) | < 0.001 | NAb | NA | |
Pertussis can spread from children to childcare staff | 505 (88.0) | 369 (92.2) | 96 (73.3) | < 0.001 | NA | NA | |
It is important to me to receive the pertussis vaccine | 478 (83.3) | 370 (92.5) | 73 (55.7) | < 0.001 | NA | NA | |
I would receive the pertussis vaccine, even if I had to pay for it | 394 (69.2) | 327 (82.0) | 45 (34.9) | < 0.001 | NA | NA | |
I would receive the pertussis vaccine if it were offered to me for free | 502 (87.8) | 381 (95.2) | 84 (64.6) | < 0.001 | NA | NA | |
I would receive the pertussis vaccine if it were offered to me on-site | 476 (83.5) | 364 (91.5) | 75 (58.1) | < 0.001 | NA | NA | |
Childcare workers have an obligation to be vaccinated against the flu to reduce the risk of giving the infection to children | 355 (61.8) | NA | NA | 218 (85.2) | 117 (40.8) | < 0.001 | |
Childcare staff should get a flu shot every year unless their doctor tells them they should not | 349 (61.1) | NA | NA | 223 (87.1) | 109 (38.4) | < 0.001 | |
It is important to me to receive the flu vaccine every year | 294 (51.5) | NA | NA | 224 (87.8) | 59 (20.6) | < 0.001 | |
I would receive the flu vaccine every year, even if I had to pay for it | 282 (49.1) | NA | NA | 217 (84.8) | 57 (19.9) | < 0.001 | |
I would receive flu vaccine if it were offered to me free of charge | 372 (64.8) | NA | NA | 239 (93.4) | 118 (41.1) | < 0.001 | |
I would receive the Flu vaccine every year if it were offered to me on-site | 375 (65.6) | NA | NA | 236 (92.2) | 121 (42.5) | < 0.001 | |
ECEC specific approach | |||||||
Centre have a specific policy around the vaccination of staff members | 197 (43.4) | 157 (48.2) | 26 (25.7) | < 0.001 | 86 (43.0) | 93 (40.6) | 0.617 |
Centre keep records of the vaccines that staff members have received | 289 (59.6) | 225 (64.1) | 44 (41.9) | < 0.001 | 135 (60.8) | 135 (56.5) | 0.346 |
Employer/supervisor encourage you to get vaccinated | 268 (51.3) | 204 (56.0) | 46 (38.0) | 0.001 | 168 (69.4) | 94 (37.0) | < 0.001 |
Employer/supervisor ask about changes to your vaccination status | 167 (31.3) | 137 (36.2) | 21 (17.4) | < 0.001 | 82 (33.9) | 73 (27.7) | 0.129 |
Centre provide free flu vaccine to staff members | 192 (35.7) | NA | NA | 108 (44.4) | 78 (29.0) | < 0.001 | |
Centre provide onsite flu vaccination | 140 (25.5) | NA | NA | 88 (34.4) | 51 (17.8) | < 0.001 | |