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COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was recently authorized for Canadian children aged 5 to 11 years old. Previous studies have indicated that low parental vaccination intention can be anticipated. To better understand drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents of 5–11 years old children, four focu...

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Autores principales: Dubé, Eve, Gagnon, Dominique, Pelletier, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2028516
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description The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was recently authorized for Canadian children aged 5 to 11 years old. Previous studies have indicated that low parental vaccination intention can be anticipated. To better understand drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents of 5–11 years old children, four focus group discussions were conducted. Interviewed parents generally showed little concern about the risk of COVID-19 for their child(ren) and many mentioned that children are at low risk of complications from COVID-19. Out of 28 participants, seven intended to vaccinate their child(ren) while the remaining were unsure or unwilling. Even if parents were themselves vaccinated, many hesitated for their child(ren). These parents perceived that it was unnecessary (due to low risk of complications) and were concerned about risks of side effects. Clear communication on vaccine safety and usefulness will be critical to reassure parents and foster vaccine acceptance.
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spelling pubmed-89930712022-04-09 COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec Dubé, Eve Gagnon, Dominique Pelletier, Catherine Hum Vaccin Immunother Coronavirus – Letters The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was recently authorized for Canadian children aged 5 to 11 years old. Previous studies have indicated that low parental vaccination intention can be anticipated. To better understand drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents of 5–11 years old children, four focus group discussions were conducted. Interviewed parents generally showed little concern about the risk of COVID-19 for their child(ren) and many mentioned that children are at low risk of complications from COVID-19. Out of 28 participants, seven intended to vaccinate their child(ren) while the remaining were unsure or unwilling. Even if parents were themselves vaccinated, many hesitated for their child(ren). These parents perceived that it was unnecessary (due to low risk of complications) and were concerned about risks of side effects. Clear communication on vaccine safety and usefulness will be critical to reassure parents and foster vaccine acceptance. Taylor & Francis 2022-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8993071/ /pubmed/35103550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2028516 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title_full COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title_short COVID-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: Drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in Quebec
title_sort covid-19 vaccination in 5-11 years old children: drivers of vaccine hesitancy among parents in quebec
topic Coronavirus – Letters
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2028516
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