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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States
On 17 June 2022, the U.S. FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines for emergency use (EUA) in children ages 6 months–4 years. Seroprevalence has increased during the current Omicron variant wave for children under 5 years, and the burden of hospitalization for th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36016200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081313 |
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author | Fisher, Celia B. Bragard, Elise Jaber, Rimah Gray, Aaliyah |
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description | On 17 June 2022, the U.S. FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines for emergency use (EUA) in children ages 6 months–4 years. Seroprevalence has increased during the current Omicron variant wave for children under 5 years, and the burden of hospitalization for this age group is similar or exceeds other pediatric vaccine-preventable diseases. Research following the October 2021 EUA for vaccines for children 5–11 indicates a high prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy and low uptake, underscoring the urgency of understanding attitudes and beliefs driving parental COVID-19 vaccine rejection and acceptance for younger children. One month prior to FDA approval, in the present study 411 U.S. female guardians of children 1–4 years from diverse racial/ethnic, economic, and geographic backgrounds participated in a mixed method online survey assessing determinants of COVID-19 pediatric vaccine hesitancy. Only 31.3% of parents intended to vaccinate their child, 22.6% were unsure, and 46.2% intended not to vaccinate. Logistic regression indicated significant barriers to vaccination uptake including concerns about immediate and long-term vaccination side effects for young children, the rushed nature of FDA approval and distrust in government and pharmaceutical companies, lack of community and family support for pediatric vaccination, conflicting media messaging, and lower socioeconomic status. Vaccine-resistant and unsure parents were also more likely to believe that children were not susceptible to infection and that the vaccine no longer worked against new variants. Findings underscore the need for improved public health messaging and transparency regarding vaccine development and approval, the importance of community outreach, and increased pediatrician attention to parental concerns to better improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young children. |
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spelling | pubmed-94139132022-08-27 COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States Fisher, Celia B. Bragard, Elise Jaber, Rimah Gray, Aaliyah Vaccines (Basel) Article On 17 June 2022, the U.S. FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines for emergency use (EUA) in children ages 6 months–4 years. Seroprevalence has increased during the current Omicron variant wave for children under 5 years, and the burden of hospitalization for this age group is similar or exceeds other pediatric vaccine-preventable diseases. Research following the October 2021 EUA for vaccines for children 5–11 indicates a high prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy and low uptake, underscoring the urgency of understanding attitudes and beliefs driving parental COVID-19 vaccine rejection and acceptance for younger children. One month prior to FDA approval, in the present study 411 U.S. female guardians of children 1–4 years from diverse racial/ethnic, economic, and geographic backgrounds participated in a mixed method online survey assessing determinants of COVID-19 pediatric vaccine hesitancy. Only 31.3% of parents intended to vaccinate their child, 22.6% were unsure, and 46.2% intended not to vaccinate. Logistic regression indicated significant barriers to vaccination uptake including concerns about immediate and long-term vaccination side effects for young children, the rushed nature of FDA approval and distrust in government and pharmaceutical companies, lack of community and family support for pediatric vaccination, conflicting media messaging, and lower socioeconomic status. Vaccine-resistant and unsure parents were also more likely to believe that children were not susceptible to infection and that the vaccine no longer worked against new variants. Findings underscore the need for improved public health messaging and transparency regarding vaccine development and approval, the importance of community outreach, and increased pediatrician attention to parental concerns to better improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young children. MDPI 2022-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9413913/ /pubmed/36016200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081313 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fisher, Celia B. Bragard, Elise Jaber, Rimah Gray, Aaliyah COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title_full | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title_short | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children under Five Years in the United States |
title_sort | covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents of children under five years in the united states |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36016200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081313 |
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