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COVID-19 vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 12-17 years in three provinces of eastern China: A cross-sectional survey, 2021.
Front Public Health. 2022; 10:919190.FP

Abstract

High vaccination coverage is essential to prevent and control the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. Currently, the real-world acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among adolescents aged 12-17 years in China has not been reported. We aimed to assess the acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination among adolescents in eastern China and to identify factors associated with the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We conduct a cross-sectional questionnaire survey among adolescents from three provinces in the eastern part of China from 16 August to 28 October 2021. The questionnaires were distributed to 2,100 students, and 2,048 students completed the questionnaires. The results showed that 98.4% (2,016/2,048) of adolescents had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 1.6% (32/2,048) declined the vaccination. The participants from rural districts, or whose parents were vaccinated, were more likely to accept the vaccine. The main reason for declining vaccination was worry about vaccine safety (25%). The main adverse event after the vaccination was pain at the injection site. In conclusion, the vaccine coverage rate reached 98.4% among the adolescents in this study, which met the criteria for herd immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The high vaccination rate is beneficial to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Li T
Medical Statistics and Analysis Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Qi R
Medical Statistics and Analysis Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Chen B
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Luo Y
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biomedicine Statistics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Zhang W
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biomedicine Statistics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Zhou YH
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biomedicine Statistics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Xu B
Medical Statistics and Analysis Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.

MeSH

AdolescentCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesChinaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2VaccinationVaccination Coverage

Pub Type(s)

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

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35937249

Citation

Li, Taishun, et al. "COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 12-17 Years in Three Provinces of Eastern China: a Cross-sectional Survey, 2021." Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 10, 2022, p. 919190.
Li T, Qi R, Chen B, et al. COVID-19 vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 12-17 years in three provinces of eastern China: A cross-sectional survey, 2021. Front Public Health. 2022;10:919190.
Li, T., Qi, R., Chen, B., Luo, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, Y. H., & Xu, B. (2022). COVID-19 vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 12-17 years in three provinces of eastern China: A cross-sectional survey, 2021. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 919190. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.919190
Li T, et al. COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 12-17 Years in Three Provinces of Eastern China: a Cross-sectional Survey, 2021. Front Public Health. 2022;10:919190. PubMed PMID: 35937249.
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TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 12-17 years in three provinces of eastern China: A cross-sectional survey, 2021. AU - Li,Taishun, AU - Qi,Ruowen, AU - Chen,Bingwei, AU - Luo,Yuqian, AU - Zhang,Wenjun, AU - Zhou,Yi-Hua, AU - Xu,Biyun, Y1 - 2022/07/22/ PY - 2022/04/13/received PY - 2022/06/27/accepted PY - 2022/8/8/entrez PY - 2022/8/9/pubmed PY - 2022/8/10/medline KW - COVID-19 vaccine KW - China KW - adolescent KW - cross-sectional KW - vaccination rate SP - 919190 EP - 919190 JF - Frontiers in public health JO - Front Public Health VL - 10 N2 - High vaccination coverage is essential to prevent and control the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. Currently, the real-world acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among adolescents aged 12-17 years in China has not been reported. We aimed to assess the acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination among adolescents in eastern China and to identify factors associated with the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We conduct a cross-sectional questionnaire survey among adolescents from three provinces in the eastern part of China from 16 August to 28 October 2021. The questionnaires were distributed to 2,100 students, and 2,048 students completed the questionnaires. The results showed that 98.4% (2,016/2,048) of adolescents had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 1.6% (32/2,048) declined the vaccination. The participants from rural districts, or whose parents were vaccinated, were more likely to accept the vaccine. The main reason for declining vaccination was worry about vaccine safety (25%). The main adverse event after the vaccination was pain at the injection site. In conclusion, the vaccine coverage rate reached 98.4% among the adolescents in this study, which met the criteria for herd immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The high vaccination rate is beneficial to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. SN - 2296-2565 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35937249/COVID_19_vaccination_coverage_among_adolescents_aged_12_17_years_in_three_provinces_of_eastern_China:_A_cross_sectional_survey_2021_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -