COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among low-income, racially and ethnically diverse US parents

Schilling, S (通讯作者),UNC Sch Med, Dept Pediat, 231 MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.
2022-8
Objective: Examine factors impacting U.S. parents' intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Methods: Data were collected February-May 2021 from parents living in six geographically diverse locations. The COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Survey assessed perceived susceptibility and severity to adverse outcomes from the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews assessed perceptions about benefits and risks of vaccinating children. Results: Fifty parents of 106 children (newborn-17 years) were included; half were Spanish-speaking and half English-speaking. 62% were hesitant about vaccinating their children against COVID-19. Efficacy and safety were the main themes that emerged: some parents perceived them as benefits while others perceived them as risks to vaccination. Parent hesitancy often relied on social media, and was influenced by narrative accounts of vaccination experiences. Many cited the lower risk of negative outcomes from COVID-19 among children, when compared with adults. Some also cited inaccurate and constantly changing information about COVID-19 vaccines. Conclusion: Main drivers of parent hesitancy regarding child COVID-19 vaccination include perceived safety and efficacy of the vaccines and lower severity of illness in children. Practice Implications: Many vaccine-hesitant parents may be open to vaccination in the future and welcome additional discussion and data.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
卷号:105|期号:8|页码:2771-2777
ISSN:0738-3991|收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of Miami; Vanderbilt University; Johns Hopkins University; Johns Hopkins Medicine; Johns Hopkins University; New York University; New York University; Stanford University
资助信息
This work was supported by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) [contract number AD-2018C1-11238], and specifically through COVID-supplemental funding. Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and supported by NCATS/NIH, grant number: 5UL1TR002243.
被引频次(WOS)
4
被引频次(其他)
4
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
0
EISSN
1873-5134
出版年
2022-8
DOI
10.1016/j.pec.2022.03.023
关键词
Infectious disease Minority health Pediatrics Qualitative methods Vaccine
资助机构
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - PCORI) NCATS/NIH(United States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS))
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
学科领域
循证公共卫生 循证社会科学-综合