Demandas y expectativas de padres y madres que rechazan la vacunación y perspectiva de los profesionales sanitarios sobre la negativa a vacunar / Demands and expectations of parents who refuse vaccinations and perspective of health professional on the refusal to vaccinate

OBJETIVOS: Explorar las opiniones, creencias y actitudes sobre la vacunación, de padres y madres que deciden no vacunar a sus hijos/as. Conocer las opiniones y las actitudes de profesionales sanitarios sobre el comportamiento de estas personas hacia la vacunación. MÉTODO: Investigación cualitativa basada en entrevistas semiestructuradas y grupo focal a padres/madres de Granada que deciden no vacunar a sus hijos/as y a profesionales sanitarios implicados en la vacunación infantil. Análisis de contenido de tipo semántico con categorización de respuestas en unidades temáticas. RESULTADOS: Los padres argumentan el beneficio de presentar enfermedades inmunoprevenibles de un modo natural, sin productos antinaturales, tóxicos o agresivos. Consideran la vacunación innecesaria si se dan adecuadas condiciones higiénico-sanitarias, de eficacia no demostrada, y más peligrosa que las enfermedades que evitan, especialmente las vacunas polivalentes. Piensan que los programas de vacunación están movidos por estudios sesgados e intereses distintos de la prevención de perfil comercial. Los profesionales opinan que los que rechazan la vacunación tienen temores de base seudocientífica, que es necesario mejorar los sistemas de información/comunicación, tener una postura conciliadora y una sólida formación sobre seguridad vacunal. CONCLUSIONES: Los no vacunadores han perdido la percepción del balance beneficio de la vacunación frente al riesgo individual de presentar enfermedades inmunoprevenibles y plantean la necesidad del consentimiento informado. Los profesionales consideran poco contrastadas las argumentaciones de los no vacunadores y exponen la existencia de fallos en las coberturas reales de vacunación y en los sistemas de registro de la información. Como mejoras se plantea centralizar los registros, compararlos con los listados de educación, trabajar con líderes locales e informar periódicamente sobre la situación de las enfermedades inmunoprevenibles

OBJECTIVES: To examine the opinions, beliefs and attitudes about vaccination, of parents who decide not to vaccinate their children. To determine the opinions and attitudes of the health professionals on the behaviour towards childhood vaccination. METHOD: Qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focal groups in Granada, Spain, including parents who chose to not vaccinate their children, and healthcare professionals who can provide a technical point of view. An analysis was made of the semantic content, and answers were categorized in thematic units. RESULTS: The parents argued on the benefit of suffering vaccine-preventable diseases in a natural way, without non-natural, aggressive or toxic products. Vaccination was considered unnecessary, if given adequate hygienic-sanitary conditions, effectiveness unproven and more dangerous than the diseases they prevent, especially the polyvalent vaccines. They believed that vaccination programs are moved by biased studies and interests other than prevention. Health care professionals believe that they had fears without scientific basis, which requires improving information systems. CONCLUSIONS: Non-vaccinators are unaware of the benefit/risk ratio between the vaccination and the individual risk for preventable diseases, and ask for informed consent. Health care professionals believe that non-vaccinators' arguments are not correctly contrasted and expose the existence of failures in actual vaccination coverage and information registration systems. It was suggested to centralize registers and compare them in schools, working with local leaders and reporting regularly on the status of vaccine-preventable diseases

Brote de escarlatina en un colegio público de infantil y primaria en Granada en 2012 / Scarlet fever outbreak in a public school in Granada in 2012

INTRODUCCIÓN: La escarlatina es una enfermedad estreptocócica que se caracteriza por un exantema infantil. Puede ser endémica, epidémica o esporádica. En abril del 2012, los responsables de un colegio de infantil y primaria de Granada notificaron un brote de escarlatina en el centro educativo. OBJETIVO: Describir el brote de escarlatina, analizar las características epidemiológicas y clínicas del mismo y exponer cuáles fueron las medidas de prevención que se tomaron para su control. PACIENTES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio de caso-control. Se elaboró una encuesta para la ocasión. Se usaron los programas R, Epidat 3.1 y Microsoft Excel. RESULTADOS: Estudio compuesto por 13 casos y 30 controles. La tasa de ataque fue 3,9%. Solo se encontró asociación con la variable «familiares afectados». CONCLUSIÓN: Se ha producido un brote confirmado de escarlatina con transmisión persona a persona, cuyo principal factor de riesgo fue tener un familiar con faringoamigdalitis

INTRODUCTION: Scarlet fever is a streptococcal disease characterized by a skin rash in children. It can be endemic, epidemic or sporadic. In April 2012, the headmaster of a primary school in Granada reported an outbreak of scarlet fever in the school. OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of scarlet fever, analyse its epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and present the preventive measures taken to control it. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A case-control study was conducted using an ad hoc questionnaire, developed or this purpose. The R program, Epidat 3.1 and Microsoft Excel were used for the statistics analysis. RESULTS: There were 13 cases and 30 controls. The attack rate was 3.9%. There was a statistically significant difference for the variable ''relative affected''. CONCLUSION: There has been a confirmed outbreak of person-to-person transmitted scarlet fever, and the main risk factor was having a relative with tonsillitis

[Scarlet fever outbreak in a public school in Granada in 2012]. / Brote de escarlatina en un colegio público de infantil y primaria en Granada en 2012.

INTRODUCTION: Scarlet fever is a streptococcal disease characterized by a skin rash in children. It can be endemic, epidemic or sporadic. In April 2012, the headmaster of a primary school in Granada reported an outbreak of scarlet fever in the school. OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of scarlet fever, analyse its epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and present the preventive measures taken to control it. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A case-control study was conducted using an ad hoc questionnaire, developed for this purpose. The R program, Epidat 3.1 and Microsoft Excel were used for the statistics analysis. RESULTS: There were 13 cases and 30 controls. The attack rate was 3.9%. There was a statistically significant difference for the variable "relative affected". CONCLUSION: There has been a confirmed outbreak of person-to-person transmitted scarlet fever, and the main risk factor was having a relative with tonsillitis.

[Demands and expectations of parents who refuse vaccinations and perspective of health professional on the refusal to vaccinate]. / Demandas y expectativas de padres y madres que rechazan la vacunación y perspectiva de los profesionales sanitarios sobre la negativa a vacunar.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the opinions, beliefs and attitudes about vaccination, of parents who decide not to vaccinate their children. To determine the opinions and attitudes of the health professionals on the behaviour towards childhood vaccination. METHOD: Qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focal groups in Granada, Spain, including parents who chose to not vaccinate their children, and healthcare professionals who can provide a technical point of view. An analysis was made of the semantic content, and answers were categorized in thematic units. RESULTS: The parents argued on the benefit of suffering vaccine-preventable diseases in a natural way, without non-natural, aggressive or toxic products. Vaccination was considered unnecessary, if given adequate hygienic-sanitary conditions, effectiveness unproven and more dangerous than the diseases they prevent, especially the polyvalent vaccines. They believed that vaccination programs are moved by biased studies and interests other than prevention. Health care professionals believe that they had fears without scientific basis, which requires improving information systems. CONCLUSIONS: Non-vaccinators are unaware of the benefit/risk ratio between the vaccination and the individual risk for preventable diseases, and ask for informed consent. Health care professionals believe that non-vaccinators' arguments are not correctly contrasted and expose the existence of failures in actual vaccination coverage and information registration systems. It was suggested to centralize registers and compare them in schools, working with local leaders and reporting regularly on the status of vaccine-preventable diseases.

¿Por qué los padres no vacunan a sus hijos? Reflexiones tras un brote de sarampión en un barrio de Granada / Why don’t parents vaccinate their children? Reflections on a measles outbreak in a neighbourhood of Granada

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