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Parents' and Guardians' Intentions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19

Journal

VACCINES
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10030361

Keywords

COVID-19; parent/guardian; child; vaccine hesitancy

Funding

  1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Translational Research Institute through the National Center for Research Resources and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [UL1 TR003107]
  2. Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) [NIH 3 R01MD013852-02S3, 211 V2-53667-03]
  3. Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities [NIH 10T2HL156812-01]

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A cross-sectional survey was conducted to examine the intentions of Arkansas parents/guardians regarding COVID-19 vaccination for their child. The study found that parents'/guardians' education, vaccination status, and vaccine hesitancy were associated with their intentions to vaccinate their child. The findings also revealed ongoing barriers preventing some parents/guardians from vaccinating their child.
A cross-sectional survey design was used to assess Arkansas parents'/guardians' intentions to vaccinate their child against COVID-19. Parents/guardians whose oldest child was age 0-11 years (n = 171) or 12-17 years (n = 198) were recruited between 12 July and 30 July 2021 through random digit dialing. Among parents/guardians with an age-eligible child, age 12-17, 19% reported their child had been vaccinated, and 34% reported they would have their child vaccinated right away. Among parents/guardians with a child aged 0-11, 33% of parents/guardians reported they would have their child vaccinated right away. Twenty-eight percent (28%) of parents/guardians whose oldest child was 12-17 and 26% of parents/guardians whose oldest child was 0-11 reported they would only have their child vaccinated if their school required it; otherwise, they would definitely not vaccinate them. For both groups, parents'/guardians' education, COVID-19 vaccination status, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy were significantly associated with intentions to vaccinate their child. More than a third of parents/guardians whose child was eligible for vaccination at the time of the survey reported they intended to have them vaccinated right away; however, they had not vaccinated their child more than two months after approval. This finding raises questions about the remaining barriers constraining some parents/guardians from vaccinating their child.

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