| Component | Extraction | Cronbach’s alpha | AVE | CR |
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Low knowledge | Â | Â | 0.843 | 0.604 | 0.968 |
1. Polio and measles vaccines cannot prevent two measles and poliomyelitis diseases in children. | 0.804 | 0.646 | |||
2. Polio and measles vaccines have no benefit for children. | 0.854 | 0.730 | |||
3. Polio and measles vaccines are harmful for children. | 0.810 | 0.656 | |||
4. It is not necessary for children who were born in Iran and have already received all their vaccines to receive supplementary polio or measles vaccines. | 0.728 | 0.530 | |||
5. Before migrating to Iran, my child had already been vaccinated against polio and measles. I don’t think it is necessary for them receive the vaccinations again in Iran. | 0.678 | 0.460 | |||
Negative attitude | Â | Â | 0.872 | 0.556 | 0.861 |
7. Migrants who enter a country illegally may be afraid to go to health centers to have their children vaccinated against polio or measles. | 0.616 | 0.379 | |||
8. The aim of polio and measles vaccination is to test the vaccines on the children of the migrants. | 0.804 | 0.646 | |||
9. Polio and measles vaccination aim for the children of the migrants is gene change of the migrants. | 0.768 | 0.618 | |||
10. When polio or measles vaccines are given only to migrants children and not to Iranian children, it is suspicious. | 0.762 | 0.581 | |||
11. As children, we did not receive vaccinations for polio or measles and never became sick. Therefore, why should our children receive vaccinations? | 0.745 | 0.555 | |||
Low participation in vaccination programs | Â | Â | 0.762 | 0.516 | 0.840 |
12. I don’t know the health liaison for my place of residence. | 0.770 | 0.593 | |||
13. I don’t know how to provide my opinions and suggestions to health officials and providers to increase the coverage of polio and measles vaccination in the children of migrants and refugees. | 0.784 | 0.615 | |||
14. So far, I have not received any counseling or training on the importance of vaccinating children against polio and measles. | 0.775 | 0.601 | |||
15. So far, I have not been invited to participate in the implementation of polio and measles vaccination programs for children of migrants and refugees. | 0.671 | 0.450 | |||
16. The lack of educational programs in our mother tongue and languages (Dari, Uzbek, Pashto, Tajik, Arabic, Urdu, etc.) causes me to be indifferent towards polio and measles vaccination programs. | 0.568 | 0.322 | |||
Communication challenges | Â | Â | 0.718 | 0.501 | 0.832 |
17. I have heard from others that after vaccination for polio, some children become paralyzed. | 0.782 | 0.611 | |||
18. People around me, considering their negative experiences, have asked me not to do polio and measles vaccination for my children. | 0.695 | 0.484 | |||
19. Migrants who have recently arrived in Iran do not trust the recommendations of Iranian health providers to vaccinate their children against polio or measles. | 0.696 | 0.484 | |||
20. Living on the outskirts of cities and remote areas can hinder or delay the vaccination of my children against polio and measles. | 0.647 | 0.418 | |||
21. My spouse or mother-in-law does not allow me to leave the house to get my child vaccinated. | 0.706 | 0.498 | |||
Problems related to migration and refugee | Â | Â | 0.700 | 0.546 | 0.856 |
22. My place of residence and my family’s address in Iran frequently change. | 0.646 | 0.418 | |||
23. I don’t have my child’s previous vaccination card, and I don’t know which one of my children has not received their vaccines. | 0.772 | 0.596 | |||
24. The busyness of life and migration prevent me from timely taking my child for vaccination. | 0.683 | 0.467 | |||
25. Due to my unfamiliarity with Iran, I cannot remember my home address accurately and record it in the health file. As a result, healthcare workers cannot find our house for my child’s vaccination. | 0.785 | 0.616 | |||
26. My child does not have a birth certificate, and I do not know their age. | 0.798 | 0.637 |