Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review
The new COVID-19 pandemic has affected day-to-day life, creating various ethical dilemmas. COVID-19 vaccination is seen as an effective way to halt the pandemic. Ethical challenges can arise when the vaccines are mandated for all ages, but more so when mandated for children. This systematic review d...
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| description | The new COVID-19 pandemic has affected day-to-day life, creating various ethical dilemmas. COVID-19 vaccination is seen as an effective way to halt the pandemic. Ethical challenges can arise when the vaccines are mandated for all ages, but more so when mandated for children. This systematic review discusses the pros and cons of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for children. The primary objective of this study is to summarize exclusively the various ethical conflicts, impacts, and requirements that arise as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate laws on children. The secondary objective is to analyze the reasons for parents refusing to allow their children to be given the COVID-19 vaccine sand the effective strategies to increase vaccine uptake among children. The study involved a systematic review, identification of relevant literature and reviews following the PRISMA-ScR recommendations. The keywords ‘COVID-19 vaccine mandates on children’ were used to mine the literature from PubMed and WHO COVID-19 Research Database. Limitations placed on the original searches were: English language, humans, ethics, and children. Out of 529 studies, only 13 satisfied the selection criteria. The sample included studies with a wide, diverse range of methods, settings, research, authors, and journals. COVID-19 vaccine mandates on children need to be scrutinized. Implementing the COVID-19 vaccination drive in a scientific way is acceptable. As children are the fastest-growing population and have the highest life expectancy, it is important to take into account that the vaccines do not disturb their growth and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-810182daf05a40b5b3502d82c7275ee62023-11-17T14:18:22ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-03-0111360110.3390/vaccines11030601Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic ReviewGhiath Alahmad0King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi ArabiaThe new COVID-19 pandemic has affected day-to-day life, creating various ethical dilemmas. COVID-19 vaccination is seen as an effective way to halt the pandemic. Ethical challenges can arise when the vaccines are mandated for all ages, but more so when mandated for children. This systematic review discusses the pros and cons of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for children. The primary objective of this study is to summarize exclusively the various ethical conflicts, impacts, and requirements that arise as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate laws on children. The secondary objective is to analyze the reasons for parents refusing to allow their children to be given the COVID-19 vaccine sand the effective strategies to increase vaccine uptake among children. The study involved a systematic review, identification of relevant literature and reviews following the PRISMA-ScR recommendations. The keywords ‘COVID-19 vaccine mandates on children’ were used to mine the literature from PubMed and WHO COVID-19 Research Database. Limitations placed on the original searches were: English language, humans, ethics, and children. Out of 529 studies, only 13 satisfied the selection criteria. The sample included studies with a wide, diverse range of methods, settings, research, authors, and journals. COVID-19 vaccine mandates on children need to be scrutinized. Implementing the COVID-19 vaccination drive in a scientific way is acceptable. As children are the fastest-growing population and have the highest life expectancy, it is important to take into account that the vaccines do not disturb their growth and development.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/3/601COVID-19 vaccinemandatesvaccine hesitancyvaccinesautonomybeneficence |
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| title | Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Ethical Challenges Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | ethical challenges involved in covid 19 vaccine mandates for children a systematic review |
| topic | COVID-19 vaccine mandates vaccine hesitancy vaccines autonomy beneficence |
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