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Assessment of caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 02; 17(12):4857-4864.HV

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Vaccination against COVID-19 is the key to controlling the pandemic. Parents are the decision makers in the case of children vaccination as they are responsible for them. This study aims to investigate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination for children among parents in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study used an online self-administered questionnaire. A 35-items questionnaire was distributed via social media platforms between June 6 and July 9-2021. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the participants' characteristics. Categorical variables were reported as frequencies and percentages. Predictors of vaccination acceptance were identified using binary logistic regression.

RESULTS

A total of 581 parents were involved in this study. A majority of parents 63.9% reported that they will vaccinate their children if the vaccine becomes available. Around 40% of them confirmed that they want their child to be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly a quarter, 23.9%, reported that they will vaccinate their child against influenza this year. The most commonly reported reason for hesitancy was poor awareness about the vaccine's effectiveness on children. Adequate information about the COVID-19 vaccine was the most agreed cause to accept the vaccine. Having five or more children was a significant predictor for poor vaccination acceptance (OR: 0.42 (95%CI: 0.21-0.86), p < .05).

CONCLUSION

An appropriate proportion of parents are willing to vaccinate their children if the vaccine becomes available for children in Saudi Arabia. Public health awareness must be raised to gain public trust in the vaccination and the healthcare system.

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Samannodi M
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Alwafi H
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Naser AY
Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isra University, Amman, Jordan.
Alabbasi R
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Alsahaf N
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Alosaimy R
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Minshawi F
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Almatrafi M
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Khalifa R
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, King Abdallah Medical City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Ekram R
School of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Salawati E
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

MeSH

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesCaregiversChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansInfluenza VaccinesSARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaVaccination

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34856857

Citation

Samannodi, Mohammed, et al. "Assessment of Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a Cross-sectional Study." Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, vol. 17, no. 12, 2021, pp. 4857-4864.
Samannodi M, Alwafi H, Naser AY, et al. Assessment of caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(12):4857-4864.
Samannodi, M., Alwafi, H., Naser, A. Y., Alabbasi, R., Alsahaf, N., Alosaimy, R., Minshawi, F., Almatrafi, M., Khalifa, R., Ekram, R., & Salawati, E. (2021). Assessment of caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17(12), 4857-4864. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2004054
Samannodi M, et al. Assessment of Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a Cross-sectional Study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 2;17(12):4857-4864. PubMed PMID: 34856857.
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