Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review
Since 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sickness, hospitalizations, and deaths of the old and young and impacted global social and economy activities. Vaccination is one of the most important and efficient ways to protect against the COVID-19 virus. In a review of the literature on parents...
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| description | Since 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sickness, hospitalizations, and deaths of the old and young and impacted global social and economy activities. Vaccination is one of the most important and efficient ways to protect against the COVID-19 virus. In a review of the literature on parents’ decisions to vaccinate their children, we found that widespread vaccination was hampered by vaccine hesitancy, especially for children who play an important role in the coronavirus transmission in both family and school. To analyze parent vaccination decision-making for children, our review of the literature on parent attitudes to vaccinating children, identified the objective and subjective influencing factors in their vaccination decision. We found that the median rate of parents vaccinating their children against COVID-19 was 59.3% (IQR 48.60~73.90%). The factors influencing parents’ attitudes towards child vaccination were heterogeneous, reflecting country-specific factors, but also displaying some similar trends across countries, such as the education level of parents. The leading reason in the child vaccination decision was to protect children, family and others; and the fear of side effects and safety was the most important reason in not vaccinating children. Our study informs government and health officials about appropriate vaccination policies and measures to improve the vaccination rate of children and makes specific recommendations on enhancing child vaccinate rates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b6dedcd88204faa888184f729a7bb622023-11-23T10:54:52ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-12-01912147610.3390/vaccines9121476Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping ReviewFengming Pan0Hongyu Zhao1Stephen Nicholas2Elizabeth Maitland3Rugang Liu4Qingzhen Hou5Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, ChinaDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, ChinaAustralian National Institute of Management and Commerce, Sydney, NSW 2015, AustraliaSchool of Management, University of Liverpool, Chatham Building, Chatham Street, Liverpool L69 7ZH, UKSchool of Health Policy & Management, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, ChinaDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, ChinaSince 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sickness, hospitalizations, and deaths of the old and young and impacted global social and economy activities. Vaccination is one of the most important and efficient ways to protect against the COVID-19 virus. In a review of the literature on parents’ decisions to vaccinate their children, we found that widespread vaccination was hampered by vaccine hesitancy, especially for children who play an important role in the coronavirus transmission in both family and school. To analyze parent vaccination decision-making for children, our review of the literature on parent attitudes to vaccinating children, identified the objective and subjective influencing factors in their vaccination decision. We found that the median rate of parents vaccinating their children against COVID-19 was 59.3% (IQR 48.60~73.90%). The factors influencing parents’ attitudes towards child vaccination were heterogeneous, reflecting country-specific factors, but also displaying some similar trends across countries, such as the education level of parents. The leading reason in the child vaccination decision was to protect children, family and others; and the fear of side effects and safety was the most important reason in not vaccinating children. Our study informs government and health officials about appropriate vaccination policies and measures to improve the vaccination rate of children and makes specific recommendations on enhancing child vaccinate rates.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/12/1476COVID-19vaccine hesitancyacceptancewillingnesschildrenscoping review |
| spellingShingle | Fengming Pan Hongyu Zhao Stephen Nicholas Elizabeth Maitland Rugang Liu Qingzhen Hou Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review Vaccines COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy acceptance willingness children scoping review |
| title | Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review |
| title_full | Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review |
| title_fullStr | Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review |
| title_short | Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | parents decisions to vaccinate children against covid 19 a scoping review |
| topic | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy acceptance willingness children scoping review |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/12/1476 |
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