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Table 3 Interview topics

From: How healthcare professionals respond to parents with religious objections to vaccination: a qualitative study

 

Main topic

Additional questions

1

Spontaneous questions or remarks of orthodox Protestant parents on the topic of vaccination

- On medical aspects / adverse reactions / religious aspects / catch up vaccinations / regrets following vaccination / other aspects

  

- Response to these questions

2

Raising the topic of vaccination during consultations

- When, why and how?

3

Insight into parental decision making

- Time of decision making and reconsideration:

  

newborns /epidemics

  

- Specific circumstances:

  

travel / work / wounds (tetanus)

  

- Decision-making process:

  

influence of partner /family /friends

  

influence of clergymen and church members

  

- Decisive factors in decision-making

4

Experience working in communities with low vaccination coverage

 

5

Affinity with orthodox Protestant religion

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