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- A nationwide survey of US parents revealed their attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines for children under 18 years, conducted between late October and late November 2021.
- The survey showed that willingness to vaccinate varies by age, with 51.5% of parents of 0-4-year-olds, 54.0% of those with 5-11-year-olds, and 69.7% of those with 12-17-year-olds likely to vaccinate or already vaccinated.
- Key factors influencing vaccine willingness included belief in the vaccine's benefits, prior acceptance of routine vaccines, parental COVID-19 vaccination status, and perceptions of the disease's severity in children.
Article Abstract
Background: Little was known about US parental attitudes, beliefs, and intentions surrounding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines for children before their introduction.
Methods: An online cross-sectional nationally representative survey of US parents/guardians of children < 18 years old via Ipsos KnowledgePanel, fielded from October 26, 2021 to November 30, 2021.
Results: Response rate was 64.2% (3230/5034). For children ages 0-4 years, 51.5% of parents were likely to have their children vaccinated, and for ages 5-11 and 12-17, 54.0% and 69.7% of parents, respectively, reported they were likely to vaccinate or had already vaccinated their children. Among respondents with unvaccinated children, 25.2% (ages 0-4) and 22.0% (ages 5-11) reported they would seek COVID-19 vaccination for their children as soon as authorization occurred. Factors associated with willingness to have children receive a COVID-19 vaccine were: belief in benefits of COVID-19 vaccination (odds ratio [OR] = 6.44, 5.68, 4.57 in ages 0-4, 5-11, and 12-17 respectively), acceptance of routine childhood vaccines (OR = 6.42, 5.48, 1.76), parental COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 1.85, 3.70, 6.16), perceptions that pediatric COVID-19 is severe (OR = 1.89, 1.72, 1.35), Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 2.07, 2.29, 2.60), influenza vaccine acceptance (OR = 1.07, 0.88, 1.62), presence of children of another age group in the household (OR = 0.71, 0.71, 0.65), and attitudinal barriers to COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 0.30, 0.26, 0.49).
Conclusions: Belief in the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and acceptance of routine childhood vaccines are the strongest predictors of intention to vaccinate children. Further research is needed to track how parental attitudes change as more data about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines become available and how intentions translate into pediatric vaccine uptake.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9278238 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piac049 | DOI Listing |
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