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National COVID-19 vaccine program progress and parents' willingness to vaccinate their children.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 02; 17(12):4889-4895.HV

Abstract

Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is critical as a public health strategy in order to reach herd immunity and prevent illness among children and adults. The aim of the study was to identify correlation between willingness to vaccinate children under 12 years old, and vaccination rate for adult population in Canada, the United States, and Israel. This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey study (COVID-19 Parental Attitude Study) of parents of children 12 years and younger presenting to 12 pediatric emergency departments (EDs). Parental reports of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 when vaccines for children will be approved was correlated to country-specific rate of vaccination during December 2020-March 2021, obtained from ourworldindata.org. Logistic regression models were fit with covariates for week and the corresponding vaccine rate. A total of 720 surveys were analyzed. In Canada, administering mostly first dose to the adult population, willingness to vaccinate children was trending downward (correlation = -0.28), in the United States, it was trending upwards (correlation = 0.21) and in Israel, initially significant increase with decline shortly thereafter (correlation = 0.06). Odds of willingness to vaccinate in Canada, the United States, and Israel was OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.63-1.07, OR = 1.24, 95% CI = 0.99-1.56, and OR = 1.03, 95% CI = 0.95-1.12, respectively. A robust population-based vaccination program as in Israel, and to a lesser degree the United States, led to increasing willingness by parents to vaccinate their children younger than 12 years against COVID-19. In Canada, slow rate of vaccination of the adult population was associated with lower willingness to vaccinate children.

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Goldman RD
The Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics (PRETx) Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Bone JN
Research Informatics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Gelernter R
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Unit, Shamir Medical Center, Be'er Ya'akov, Israel. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Krupik D
Pediatric Emergency Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel. Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Ali S
Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Mater A
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Thompson GC
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Yen K
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
Griffiths MA
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Klein A
Department of Pediatrics, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Klein EJ
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mistry RD
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.
Hall JE
Division of Emergency and Transport Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Brown JC
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

MeSH

AdultCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansParentsSARS-CoV-2United StatesVaccination

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Journal Article

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eng

PubMed ID

34797754

Citation

Goldman, Ran D., et al. "National COVID-19 Vaccine Program Progress and Parents' Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children." Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, vol. 17, no. 12, 2021, pp. 4889-4895.
Goldman RD, Bone JN, Gelernter R, et al. National COVID-19 vaccine program progress and parents' willingness to vaccinate their children. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(12):4889-4895.
Goldman, R. D., Bone, J. N., Gelernter, R., Krupik, D., Ali, S., Mater, A., Thompson, G. C., Yen, K., Griffiths, M. A., Klein, A., Klein, E. J., Mistry, R. D., Hall, J. E., & Brown, J. C. (2021). National COVID-19 vaccine program progress and parents' willingness to vaccinate their children. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17(12), 4889-4895. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1999144
Goldman RD, et al. National COVID-19 Vaccine Program Progress and Parents' Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 2;17(12):4889-4895. PubMed PMID: 34797754.
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TY - JOUR T1 - National COVID-19 vaccine program progress and parents' willingness to vaccinate their children. AU - Goldman,Ran D, AU - Bone,Jeffrey N, AU - Gelernter,Renana, AU - Krupik,Danna, AU - Ali,Samina, AU - Mater,Ahmed, AU - Thompson,Graham C, AU - Yen,Kenneth, AU - Griffiths,Mark A, AU - Klein,Adi, AU - Klein,Eileen J, AU - Mistry,Rakesh D, AU - Hall,Jeanine E, AU - Brown,Julie C, Y1 - 2021/11/19/ PY - 2021/11/20/pubmed PY - 2022/3/3/medline PY - 2021/11/19/entrez KW - COVID-19 KW - pediatrics KW - vaccine KW - vaccine hesitancy KW - willingness to vaccinate SP - 4889 EP - 4895 JF - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics JO - Hum Vaccin Immunother VL - 17 IS - 12 N2 - Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is critical as a public health strategy in order to reach herd immunity and prevent illness among children and adults. The aim of the study was to identify correlation between willingness to vaccinate children under 12 years old, and vaccination rate for adult population in Canada, the United States, and Israel. This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey study (COVID-19 Parental Attitude Study) of parents of children 12 years and younger presenting to 12 pediatric emergency departments (EDs). Parental reports of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 when vaccines for children will be approved was correlated to country-specific rate of vaccination during December 2020-March 2021, obtained from ourworldindata.org. Logistic regression models were fit with covariates for week and the corresponding vaccine rate. A total of 720 surveys were analyzed. In Canada, administering mostly first dose to the adult population, willingness to vaccinate children was trending downward (correlation = -0.28), in the United States, it was trending upwards (correlation = 0.21) and in Israel, initially significant increase with decline shortly thereafter (correlation = 0.06). Odds of willingness to vaccinate in Canada, the United States, and Israel was OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.63-1.07, OR = 1.24, 95% CI = 0.99-1.56, and OR = 1.03, 95% CI = 0.95-1.12, respectively. A robust population-based vaccination program as in Israel, and to a lesser degree the United States, led to increasing willingness by parents to vaccinate their children younger than 12 years against COVID-19. In Canada, slow rate of vaccination of the adult population was associated with lower willingness to vaccinate children. SN - 2164-554X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34797754/National_COVID_19_vaccine_program_progress_and_parents'_willingness_to_vaccinate_their_children_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -