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Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval

Vaccines against COVID-19 are likely to be approved for children under 12 years in the near future. Understanding vaccine hesitancy in parents is essential for reaching herd immunity. A cross-sectional survey of caregivers in 12 emergency departments (ED) was undertaken in the U.S., Canada, and Isra...

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Autores principales: Goldman, Ran D., Krupik, Danna, Ali, Samina, Mater, Ahmed, Hall, Jeanine E., Bone, Jeffrey N., Thompson, Graham C., Yen, Kenneth, Griffiths, Mark A., Klein, Adi, Klein, Eileen J., Brown, Julie C., Mistry, Rakesh D., Gelernter, Renana
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34639527
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910224
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author Goldman, Ran D.
Krupik, Danna
Ali, Samina
Mater, Ahmed
Hall, Jeanine E.
Bone, Jeffrey N.
Thompson, Graham C.
Yen, Kenneth
Griffiths, Mark A.
Klein, Adi
Klein, Eileen J.
Brown, Julie C.
Mistry, Rakesh D.
Gelernter, Renana
author_facet Goldman, Ran D.
Krupik, Danna
Ali, Samina
Mater, Ahmed
Hall, Jeanine E.
Bone, Jeffrey N.
Thompson, Graham C.
Yen, Kenneth
Griffiths, Mark A.
Klein, Adi
Klein, Eileen J.
Brown, Julie C.
Mistry, Rakesh D.
Gelernter, Renana
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description Vaccines against COVID-19 are likely to be approved for children under 12 years in the near future. Understanding vaccine hesitancy in parents is essential for reaching herd immunity. A cross-sectional survey of caregivers in 12 emergency departments (ED) was undertaken in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. We compared reported willingness to vaccinate children against COVID-19 with an initial survey and post-adult COVID-19 vaccine approval. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed for all children and for those <12 years. A total of 1728 and 1041 surveys were completed in phases 1 and 2, respectively. Fewer caregivers planned to vaccinate against COVID-19 in phase 2 (64.5% and 59.7%, respectively; p = 0.002). The most significant positive predictor of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 was if the child was vaccinated per recommended local schedules. Fewer caregivers plan to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, despite vaccine approval for adults, compared to what was reported at the peak of the pandemic. Older caregivers who fully vaccinated their children were more likely to adopt vaccinating children. This study can inform target strategy design to implement adherence to a vaccination campaign.
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spelling pubmed-85079402021-10-13 Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval Goldman, Ran D. Krupik, Danna Ali, Samina Mater, Ahmed Hall, Jeanine E. Bone, Jeffrey N. Thompson, Graham C. Yen, Kenneth Griffiths, Mark A. Klein, Adi Klein, Eileen J. Brown, Julie C. Mistry, Rakesh D. Gelernter, Renana Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Vaccines against COVID-19 are likely to be approved for children under 12 years in the near future. Understanding vaccine hesitancy in parents is essential for reaching herd immunity. A cross-sectional survey of caregivers in 12 emergency departments (ED) was undertaken in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. We compared reported willingness to vaccinate children against COVID-19 with an initial survey and post-adult COVID-19 vaccine approval. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed for all children and for those <12 years. A total of 1728 and 1041 surveys were completed in phases 1 and 2, respectively. Fewer caregivers planned to vaccinate against COVID-19 in phase 2 (64.5% and 59.7%, respectively; p = 0.002). The most significant positive predictor of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 was if the child was vaccinated per recommended local schedules. Fewer caregivers plan to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, despite vaccine approval for adults, compared to what was reported at the peak of the pandemic. Older caregivers who fully vaccinated their children were more likely to adopt vaccinating children. This study can inform target strategy design to implement adherence to a vaccination campaign. MDPI 2021-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8507940/ /pubmed/34639527 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910224 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Goldman, Ran D.
Krupik, Danna
Ali, Samina
Mater, Ahmed
Hall, Jeanine E.
Bone, Jeffrey N.
Thompson, Graham C.
Yen, Kenneth
Griffiths, Mark A.
Klein, Adi
Klein, Eileen J.
Brown, Julie C.
Mistry, Rakesh D.
Gelernter, Renana
Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title_full Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title_fullStr Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title_full_unstemmed Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title_short Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19 after Adult Vaccine Approval
title_sort caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against covid-19 after adult vaccine approval
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34639527
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910224
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