| What Ukrainians think about introduction of immunization record cards – telephone survey results |
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03/11/2009 10:22 (18 Day 06:12 minutes ago) | ||||
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The FINANCIAL -- According to the press release passed by Gorshenin Institute to UNIAN, Ukrainian s oppose the introduction of Immunization Record Cards. Those are the results of the phone survey “Immunization in Ukraine ” conducted by Gorshenin Institute.
on 26/10/09-28/10/09. Gorshenin Institute experts note that majority of Ukrainian s (61.5%) do not support passing by Verkhovna Rada of the law that provides for the implementation of “National Immunization and Infectious Disease Control Program for 2009-2015” requiring every Ukrainian to get vaccinated.
48.4% of respondents had extremely negative opinion regarding this legislation. 13.1 % were not happy with it. Less than a quarter of Ukrainian s (24.3%), according to the results of the survey, did not have any opinion in this matter.
Overwhelming majority of Ukrainian s (82.9%) do not support the decision of Verkhovna Rada to adopt the law that bans children from kindergartens and schools without The Immunization Record Card. Only 6.7% of respondents are of contrary opinion. 10.4% - could not answer the question.
About one third of Ukrainian s (35.9%) could not give a definite answer whether this law and introduction of Immunization Record card will make the nation healthier. Over a quarter of respondents (28.4%) think that this legislation will not change current situation in health care because a number of Ukrainian s will simply buy Immunization Record Cards. Over a quarter of respondents (25.4%) think that this law will have a negative impact on public health because of unsafe vaccines and possible side effects.
Only every tenth respondent (10.3%) said that the new law providing for mandatory and timely vaccination would make the nation healthier.
The survey “Immunization in Ukraine ” was conducted by Gorshenin Institute among 1000 respondents age 18 or older representing all 25 regional centers with the margin of error no higher then 3.2%.
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