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Parents' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination as the new routine for their children ≤ 11 years old.
Prev Med. 2022 08; 161:107125.PM

Abstract

Canadian children 5-11 years old became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination on November 19, 2021, with eligibility for younger children expected later. We aimed to descriptively assess parents' COVID-19 vaccine intentions and acceptability of future doses, including co-administration and annual vaccination for their children. We conducted a cross-sectional Canadian online survey of parents from October 14-November 12, 2021, just prior to authorization of the pediatric formulation of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 years. We assessed parents' intention to vaccinate their children aged 5-11 years, 2-4 years, and 6-23 months; reasons for their intention; and preferences for delivery and access to vaccines. Of 1129 parents, 56% intended to vaccinate their child aged 5-11 years against COVID-19; intentions were lower for children aged 6-23 months (41.9%) and 2-4 years (45.4%). Most parents who intended to vaccinate supported co-administration with routine (61.1%) or influenza (55.4%) vaccines, administration at school (63.6%), receipt of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine (57.8%), and annual vaccination (56.4%) for their child. Despite parents' high COVID-19 vaccination uptake for themselves (88.8%), intentions for children aged 5-11 years was low. Currently, 56.9% of Canadian children aged 5-11 years have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and only 37.1% are fully vaccinated. Given that intentions for children <5 years was lower than those 5-11 years, we can also expect low uptake in this group. Parents' preferences regarding delivery and access to COVID-19 vaccination should be considered by public health officials when planning vaccination strategies for children.

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Humble RM
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sell H
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Wilson S
Public Health Ontario, ICES, Dalla School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sadarangani M
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Bettinger JA
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Meyer SB
School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Dubé È
Department of Anthropology, Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Lemaire-Paquette S
Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Gagneur A
Département de pédiatrie, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
MacDonald SE
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: smacdon@ualberta.ca.

MeSH

BNT162 VaccineCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesCanadaChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfluenza VaccinesIntentionParentsVaccination

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35792197

Citation

Humble, Robin M., et al. "Parents' Perceptions On COVID-19 Vaccination as the New Routine for Their Children ≤ 11 Years Old." Preventive Medicine, vol. 161, 2022, p. 107125.
Humble RM, Sell H, Wilson S, et al. Parents' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination as the new routine for their children ≤ 11 years old. Prev Med. 2022;161:107125.
Humble, R. M., Sell, H., Wilson, S., Sadarangani, M., Bettinger, J. A., Meyer, S. B., Dubé, È., Lemaire-Paquette, S., Gagneur, A., & MacDonald, S. E. (2022). Parents' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination as the new routine for their children ≤ 11 years old. Preventive Medicine, 161, 107125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107125
Humble RM, et al. Parents' Perceptions On COVID-19 Vaccination as the New Routine for Their Children ≤ 11 Years Old. Prev Med. 2022;161:107125. PubMed PMID: 35792197.
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