Parental hesitancy towards vaccinating their children with a booster dose against COVID-19: Real-world evidence from Taizhou, China.
J Infect Public Health
; 15(9): 1006-1012, 2022 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2061555
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Parental vaccine-hesitancy can lead to delays or refusal to vaccinate children despite the availability of vaccines. This is a population-based, cross-sectional study investigating whether parents in China are hesitant to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster.METHODS:
Parents in Taizhou, China, responded to a self-reported online questionnaire on their hesitancy to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Of the 1252 parents who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 514 (41.1%) samples had valid data for data analysis.RESULTS:
A total of 41.8% of participants were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. After adjusting for confounders, parental gender (female vs. male parent, OR=0.56 95% CI 0.32-0.87), parental opinion (yes vs. no, OR=0.17, 95% CI 0.09-0.30), parental attitudes (yes vs. no, OR=0.28, 95% CI 0.16-0.50), the presence of people around them who are generally hesitant to receive COVID-19 booster vaccines for children (yes vs. no, OR=0.14, 95%CI 0.08-0.23), the individual hesitancy of people around them to administer booster COVID-19 vaccines to children (yes vs. no, OR=0.02, 95%CI 0.02-0.22), and parents' hesitancy to receive a booster vaccine for their children showed significant correlation. The disparity of factors related to booster vaccine-hesitancy for children between fathers and mothers was also found.CONCLUSIONS:
We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported that they were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. The results suggest that an in-depth, dynamic assessment and further health education planning are necessary to reduce Chinese parents' hesitancy to vaccinate their children.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Infect Public Health
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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