Ko Taku Iwi Tuaroa Tena

(parental decision-making about childhood vaccinations)

Ko Taku Iwi Tuaroa Tena is a research project which looked at parental decision-making about childhood vaccines in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This project was funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand Partnership Programme under the New Zealand Immunisation Research Strategy. The methodology mainly involved a survey of factors which influenced the vaccination decisions of n=436 parentals/guardians and over 1000 children in the Thames-Coromandel region. This project particularly aimed to gather information about the way in which parental vaccination decisions may be influenced by:

  • experience of disease
  • perceptions about the seriousness of disease and susceptibility to disease
  • information needs
  • preference for complementary or alternative medicine
  • sources of influence
  • bandwagoning and/or freeloading
  • omission bias
  • anticipatory regret
  • perceptions about the acceptability of side-effects, social obligation, risk of disease, vaccines
  • as a cause of disease and confidence in vaccinology science or systems.