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Parental hesitancy towards vaccinating their children with a booster dose against COVID-19: Real-world evidence from Taizhou, China.
J Infect Public Health. 2022 Sep; 15(9):1006-1012.JI

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parental vaccine-hesitancy can lead to delays or refusal to vaccinate children despite the availability of vaccines. This is a population-based, cross-sectional study investigating whether parents in China are hesitant to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster.

METHODS

Parents in Taizhou, China, responded to a self-reported online questionnaire on their hesitancy to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Of the 1252 parents who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 514 (41.1%) samples had valid data for data analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 41.8% of participants were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. After adjusting for confounders, parental gender (female vs. male parent, OR=0.56 95% CI: 0.32-0.87), parental opinion (yes vs. no, OR=0.17, 95% CI: 0.09-0.30), parental attitudes (yes vs. no, OR=0.28, 95% CI: 0.16-0.50), the presence of people around them who are generally hesitant to receive COVID-19 booster vaccines for children (yes vs. no, OR=0.14, 95%CI: 0.08-0.23), the individual hesitancy of people around them to administer booster COVID-19 vaccines to children (yes vs. no, OR=0.02, 95%CI: 0.02-0.22), and parents' hesitancy to receive a booster vaccine for their children showed significant correlation. The disparity of factors related to booster vaccine-hesitancy for children between fathers and mothers was also found.

CONCLUSIONS

We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported that they were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. The results suggest that an in-depth, dynamic assessment and further health education planning are necessary to reduce Chinese parents' hesitancy to vaccinate their children.

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Huang LL
Department of Emergency, Taizhou First People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: tzhlili@126.com.
Yang YP
Department of Hematology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: yangyp@enzemed.com.
Mao HP
Department of Nursing, Taizhou First People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: 964356521@qq.com.
Hu WW
Department of General Surgery, Taizhou First People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: syypwkhww@126.com.
Jiang YH
Department of Outpatient, Taizhou First People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: daizituzi@163.com.
Jiesisibieke ZL
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong. Electronic address: zhuliduzi0822@163.com.
Tung TH
Evidence-based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: ch2876@yeah.net.

MeSH

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansImmunization, SecondaryMaleParentsVaccinationVaccines

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35987122

Citation

Huang, Li-Li, et al. "Parental Hesitancy Towards Vaccinating Their Children With a Booster Dose Against COVID-19: Real-world Evidence From Taizhou, China." Journal of Infection and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 9, 2022, pp. 1006-1012.
Huang LL, Yang YP, Mao HP, et al. Parental hesitancy towards vaccinating their children with a booster dose against COVID-19: Real-world evidence from Taizhou, China. J Infect Public Health. 2022;15(9):1006-1012.
Huang, L. L., Yang, Y. P., Mao, H. P., Hu, W. W., Jiang, Y. H., Jiesisibieke, Z. L., & Tung, T. H. (2022). Parental hesitancy towards vaccinating their children with a booster dose against COVID-19: Real-world evidence from Taizhou, China. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 15(9), 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2022.08.002
Huang LL, et al. Parental Hesitancy Towards Vaccinating Their Children With a Booster Dose Against COVID-19: Real-world Evidence From Taizhou, China. J Infect Public Health. 2022;15(9):1006-1012. PubMed PMID: 35987122.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Parental hesitancy towards vaccinating their children with a booster dose against COVID-19: Real-world evidence from Taizhou, China. AU - Huang,Li-Li, AU - Yang,Yu-Pei, AU - Mao,Hui-Ping, AU - Hu,Wei-Wei, AU - Jiang,Yan-Hong, AU - Jiesisibieke,Zhu Liduzi, AU - Tung,Tao-Hsin, Y1 - 2022/08/05/ PY - 2022/06/16/received PY - 2022/07/23/revised PY - 2022/08/02/accepted PY - 2022/8/21/pubmed PY - 2022/9/8/medline PY - 2022/8/20/entrez KW - COVID-19 KW - Children KW - China KW - Parental vaccine-hesitancy KW - Vaccine boosters SP - 1006 EP - 1012 JF - Journal of infection and public health JO - J Infect Public Health VL - 15 IS - 9 N2 - INTRODUCTION: Parental vaccine-hesitancy can lead to delays or refusal to vaccinate children despite the availability of vaccines. This is a population-based, cross-sectional study investigating whether parents in China are hesitant to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster. METHODS: Parents in Taizhou, China, responded to a self-reported online questionnaire on their hesitancy to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Of the 1252 parents who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 514 (41.1%) samples had valid data for data analysis. RESULTS: A total of 41.8% of participants were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. After adjusting for confounders, parental gender (female vs. male parent, OR=0.56 95% CI: 0.32-0.87), parental opinion (yes vs. no, OR=0.17, 95% CI: 0.09-0.30), parental attitudes (yes vs. no, OR=0.28, 95% CI: 0.16-0.50), the presence of people around them who are generally hesitant to receive COVID-19 booster vaccines for children (yes vs. no, OR=0.14, 95%CI: 0.08-0.23), the individual hesitancy of people around them to administer booster COVID-19 vaccines to children (yes vs. no, OR=0.02, 95%CI: 0.02-0.22), and parents' hesitancy to receive a booster vaccine for their children showed significant correlation. The disparity of factors related to booster vaccine-hesitancy for children between fathers and mothers was also found. CONCLUSIONS: We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported that they were hesitant to give their children a COVID-19 vaccine booster. The results suggest that an in-depth, dynamic assessment and further health education planning are necessary to reduce Chinese parents' hesitancy to vaccinate their children. SN - 1876-035X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35987122/Parental_hesitancy_towards_vaccinating_their_children_with_a_booster_dose_against_COVID_19:_Real_world_evidence_from_Taizhou_China_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -