From: Factors influencing H1N1 vaccine behavior among Manitoba Metis in Canada: a qualitative study
Categories | Factors | Definitions |
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System and institutional level factors | Vaccine roll-out and availability | Vaccine services and availability of H1N1 vaccine (e.g. how vaccine was delivered) |
Government communication | How and when H1N1 information from authorities was received and who delivered that information | |
Institutional prevention activities | H1N1 prevention programs (e.g. vaccine clinics), provision of prevention information (e.g. information materials) instituted by an organization (e.g. school, workplace, etc.) | |
Organization of the public into priority groups | Who was able to receive vaccinations and who was considered at-risk for contracting H1N1 | |
Social context factors | Public discourse | How media covered H1N1, and how reliable or important media coverage was in relation to vaccination decisions |
“Bandwagoning” | Deciding to be vaccinated or not to be vaccinated because “everyone is doing it” | |
Interpersonal level | Interpersonal influences | Broad social pressure about what is expected of individuals by their social environment. Interaction with friends, family, coworkers, and others more generally in relation to vaccination and/or H1N1 |
Interface with health professionals | Any mention of interaction and/or communication (or lack thereof) with a health professional | |
Intrapersonal factors | Habitual behavior | What individuals usually do or perceive in relation to the seasonal influenza or other vaccinations |
Altruism | An individual’s decision to vaccinate or not to vaccinate is made in order to protect or benefit someone else or to forego vaccination when vaccine supply is low in order to allow those more at risk to vaccinate | |
“Free-loading” | Relying on herd immunity to protect against H1N1 and therefore deciding not to be vaccinated | |
Vaccine risk perception | How safe or unsafe individuals felt the H1N1 vaccine to be | |
Personal risk perception | How at-risk individuals perceived themselves to be in contracting and becoming seriously ill from H1N1 | |
Knowledge state | Knowledge or lack of knowledge regarding H1N1, vaccination, vaccination roll-out process, priority groups | |
Trust | Who is trusted and not trusted has an influence on what information one accepts and subsequent actions | |
Protected values | Ideals held so strongly that individuals would be unwilling to act counter to these values no matter what the benefits might be | |
Past experiences | Past experience with vaccines and/or influenza | |
Perceived alternatives | Tendency to prefer natural products and substances or other non-medical alternatives to vaccination (such as eating properly and exercising) |