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Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccine Decision-Making among Parents in Southern California

Adolescent COVID-19 vaccination has stalled at 53% in the United States. Vaccinating adolescents remains critical to preventing the continued transmission of COVID-19, the emergence of variants, and rare but serious disease in children, and it is the best preventive measure available to return to in...

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Autores principales: Hopfer, Suellen, Fields, Emilia J., Ramirez, Magdalen, Long, Sorina Neang, Huszti, Heather C., Gombosev, Adrijana, Boden-Albala, Bernadette, Sorkin, Dara H., Cooper, Dan M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8998887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074212
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author Hopfer, Suellen
Fields, Emilia J.
Ramirez, Magdalen
Long, Sorina Neang
Huszti, Heather C.
Gombosev, Adrijana
Boden-Albala, Bernadette
Sorkin, Dara H.
Cooper, Dan M.
author_facet Hopfer, Suellen
Fields, Emilia J.
Ramirez, Magdalen
Long, Sorina Neang
Huszti, Heather C.
Gombosev, Adrijana
Boden-Albala, Bernadette
Sorkin, Dara H.
Cooper, Dan M.
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description Adolescent COVID-19 vaccination has stalled at 53% in the United States. Vaccinating adolescents remains critical to preventing the continued transmission of COVID-19, the emergence of variants, and rare but serious disease in children, and it is the best preventive measure available to return to in-person schooling. We investigated parent–adolescent COVID-19 vaccine decision-making. Between 24 February and 15 March 2021, we conducted surveys and 12 focus groups with 46 parent–adolescent dyads in Southern California. Parents and adolescents completed a survey prior to participation in a focus group discussion, which focused on exploring COVID-19 vaccine acceptance or uncertainty and was guided by the 5C vaccine hesitancy model. Parents uncertain about vaccinating adolescents expressed low vaccine confidence and high COVID-19 disease risk complacency. Parents who accepted COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents expressed high confidence in health authority vaccine recommendations, high perceived COVID-19 risk, and collective responsibility to vaccinate children. Additionally, unique pandemic-related factors of vaccine acceptance included vaccinating for emotional health, resuming social activities, and vaccine mandates. Among parents, 46% were willing to vaccinate their adolescent, 11% were not, and 43% were unsure. Among adolescents, 63% were willing to vaccinate. Despite vaccine availability, 47% of adolescents remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. Factors associated with vaccine uncertainty and acceptability inform health care practitioner, school, community, and public health messaging to reach parents and adolescents.
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spelling pubmed-89988872022-04-12 Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccine Decision-Making among Parents in Southern California Hopfer, Suellen Fields, Emilia J. Ramirez, Magdalen Long, Sorina Neang Huszti, Heather C. Gombosev, Adrijana Boden-Albala, Bernadette Sorkin, Dara H. Cooper, Dan M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Adolescent COVID-19 vaccination has stalled at 53% in the United States. Vaccinating adolescents remains critical to preventing the continued transmission of COVID-19, the emergence of variants, and rare but serious disease in children, and it is the best preventive measure available to return to in-person schooling. We investigated parent–adolescent COVID-19 vaccine decision-making. Between 24 February and 15 March 2021, we conducted surveys and 12 focus groups with 46 parent–adolescent dyads in Southern California. Parents and adolescents completed a survey prior to participation in a focus group discussion, which focused on exploring COVID-19 vaccine acceptance or uncertainty and was guided by the 5C vaccine hesitancy model. Parents uncertain about vaccinating adolescents expressed low vaccine confidence and high COVID-19 disease risk complacency. Parents who accepted COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents expressed high confidence in health authority vaccine recommendations, high perceived COVID-19 risk, and collective responsibility to vaccinate children. Additionally, unique pandemic-related factors of vaccine acceptance included vaccinating for emotional health, resuming social activities, and vaccine mandates. Among parents, 46% were willing to vaccinate their adolescent, 11% were not, and 43% were unsure. Among adolescents, 63% were willing to vaccinate. Despite vaccine availability, 47% of adolescents remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. Factors associated with vaccine uncertainty and acceptability inform health care practitioner, school, community, and public health messaging to reach parents and adolescents. MDPI 2022-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8998887/ /pubmed/35409893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074212 Text en © 2022 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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Sorkin, Dara H.
Cooper, Dan M.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074212
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