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Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Vaccination of Brazilian Immigrants in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorFreitas, Itamar P.
dc.contributor.authorIgreja, Ricardo P.
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Maria Raquel
dc.contributor.authorTeodósio, Rosa
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
dc.contributor.institutionGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
dc.contributor.institutionVector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)
dc.contributor.pblMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-04T22:26:50Z
dc.date.available2024-10-04T22:26:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
dc.description.abstractVaccination is one of the main advancements in public health in the prophylaxis of infectious diseases. We intend to describe the general knowledge about vaccines/vaccination among Brazilian immigrants in Portugal, characterize their attitudes toward vaccination, and describe their knowledge of the yellow fever (YF) vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-completion questionnaire (face-to-face or remote). A total of 542 people participated in the study; the mean age was 36.81 years; 40.1% were male; 44.8% had their 12th year of schooling; and 27.0% had resided for ≥10 years in Portugal. Regarding general knowledge about vaccination, 53.8% answered at least 6/8 questions correctly. A total of 37.1% tended to have a favorable attitude toward vaccination. Concerning traveling, 76.7% attributed the risk of disease at the destination as the main reason for accepting vaccines. A total of 89.3% knew that there was a risk of YF in Brazil. A total of 40% answered correctly only one question about the YF vaccine; 21.6% did not answer any questions correctly. Thus, most of the Brazilian immigrants in this study have high general knowledge about vaccines/vaccination, few have a favorable attitude, and their knowledge about the YF vaccine is scarce. This could limit vaccination adherence when visiting Brazil, making health education actions necessary to increase knowledge and prevent YF risks.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent2682626
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/tropicalmed9040067
dc.identifier.issn2414-6366
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 100674726
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 6f3bb099-14ad-4f28-96dc-1938879b704e
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85191419517
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 001210750600001
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 38668528
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC11054978
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/173033
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85191419517
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectattitudes and practices
dc.subjectBrazilian immigrants
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.subjectvaccination
dc.subjectyellow fever
dc.subjectGeneral Immunology and Microbiology
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectInfectious Diseases
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleKnowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Vaccination of Brazilian Immigrants in Portugalen
dc.title.subtitleRisks When Returning to Their Country of Origin?en
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue4
degois.publication.titleTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
degois.publication.volume9
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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