Social-pharmaceutical aspects of parents' attitudes towards children's vaccination

The aim. Study of the attitude of parents with medical and pharmaceutical and other educations to vaccination of their children from the point of view of social pharmacy. Materials and methods. An anonymous online survey of 1,566 respondents (of whom 302 are parents with medical and pharmaceutical education) on the Google Form online service in the Viber mobile application and on the Facebook social network, which was conducted from September 16, 2021 to October 6, 2021. Methods of analysis, synthesis and generalization were used. Results. A high degree of commitment to vaccination among the respondents was established (almost 9 out of 10 parents). 26.1 % of respondents motivate the refusal by the inadequate quality of vaccines, 25.7 % consider vaccination to be inappropriate; 24.3 % do not administer preventive vaccinations to children due to their unsatisfactory state of health; 20.4 % - due to possible side reactions. 67.1 % of parents are interested in the composition of vaccines, 95.6 % know the symptoms and complications of the diseases for which vaccination is carried out, and 96.6 % - side effects after vaccination, although 74.5 % want to receive more information about possible complications. At the same time, there are slightly fewer supporters of vaccination among respondents with medical and pharmaceutical education than among respondents without such education, although this difference is not statistically significant. However, depending on the education, significant differences (more than 10 %) were observed among the respondents regarding interest in the composition of vaccines, adherence to vaccination against COVID-19 of their children older than 12 years and the opening of vaccination points in pharmacies. Conclusions. It was found that to increase the level of awareness of medical and pharmaceutical professionals regarding vaccination, it is necessary to optimize educational professional programs and curricula for their training. It is shown that increasing the level of their knowledge will increase the commitment of parents with other education to children's vaccinations. The need to expand the professional role of pharmacists by involving them in vaccinations has been confirmed