Caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19: Cross sectional survey
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Goldman, RD, Yan, TD, Seiler, M, Parra C, Brown, JC, Klein, EJ, Hoeffe, J, Gelernter, R, Hall, JE, Davis, AL, Griffiths, MA, Mater, A, Manzano, S, Gualco, G, Shimizu, N, Hurt, TL, Ahmed, S, Hansen, M, Sheridan, D, Ali, S, Thompson, GC, Gaucher, N and Staubli, G
Publicada:
10 nov 2020
Resumen:
Background: More than 100 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in development since the SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence was published in January 2020. The uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine among children will be instrumental in limiting the spread of the disease as herd immunity may require vaccine coverage of up to 80% of the population. Prior history of pandemic vaccine coverage was as low as 40% among children in the United States during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
Purpose: To investigate predictors associated with global caregivers' intent to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, when the vaccine becomes available.
Method: An international cross sectional survey of 1541 caregivers arriving with their children to 16 pediatric Emergency Departments (ED) across six countries from March 26 to May 31, 2020.
Results: 65% (n = 1005) of caregivers reported that they intend to vaccinate their child against COVID-19, once a vaccine is available. A univariate and subsequent multivariate analysis found that increased intended uptake was associated with children that were older, children with no chronic illness, when fathers completed the survey, children up-to-date on their vaccination schedule, recent history of vaccination against influenza, and caregivers concerned their child had COVID-19 at the time of survey completion in the ED. The most common reason reported by caregivers intending to vaccinate was to protect their child (62%), and the most common reason reported by caregivers refusing vaccination was the vaccine's novelty (52%).
Conclusions: The majority of caregivers intend to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, though uptake will likely be associated with specific factors such as child and caregiver demographics and vaccination history. Public health strategies need to address barriers to uptake by providing evidence about an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine's safety and efficacy, highlighting the risks and consequences of infection in children, and educating caregivers on the role of vaccination. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Goldman, RD:
Univ British Columbia, Pediat Res Emergency Therapeut PRETx Program, Dept Pediat, Div Emergency Med, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BC Childrens Hosp, Res Inst, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Yan, TD:
Univ British Columbia, Pediat Res Emergency Therapeut PRETx Program, Dept Pediat, Div Emergency Med, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BC Childrens Hosp, Res Inst, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Seiler, M:
Univ Childrens Hosp Zurich, Emergency Dept, Zurich, Switzerland
Parra C:
Hosp St Joan Deu Barcelona, Pediat Emergency Dept, Barcelona, Spain
Brown, JC:
Seattle Childrens Hosp, Seattle, WA USA
Univ Washington, Sch Med, Seattle, WA USA
Klein, EJ:
Seattle Childrens Hosp, Seattle, WA USA
Univ Washington, Sch Med, Seattle, WA USA
Hoeffe, J:
Univ Hosp Bern, Pediat Emergency Med, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Gelernter, R:
Tel Aviv Univ, Assaf Harofeh Med Ctr, Pediat Emergency Med Unit, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Med, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hall, JE:
Childrens Hosp Los Angeles, USC Keck Sch Med, Div Emergency & Transport Med, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
Davis, AL:
Hosp Sick Children, Pediat Emergency Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Griffiths, MA:
Emory Sch Med, Div Pediat Emergency Med, Childrens Healthcare Atlanta, Atlanta, GA USA
Mater, A:
Jim Pattison Childrens Hosp, Pediat Emergency Med, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Univ Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Manzano, S:
Univ Geneva, Geneva Univ Hosp, Geneva Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat Emergency Med, Geneva, Switzerland
Univ Geneva, Fac Med, Geneva, Switzerland
Gualco, G:
Pediat Inst Italian Part Switzerland, Pediat Emergency Dept, Ticino, Switzerland
Shimizu, N:
St Marianna Univ, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Hurt, TL:
Mary Bridge Childrens Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Tacoma, WA USA
Ahmed, S:
Mary Bridge Childrens Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Tacoma, WA USA
Hansen, M:
Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Doernbecher Childrens Hosp, Emergency Med, Portland, OR 97201 USA
Sheridan, D:
Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Doernbecher Childrens Hosp, Emergency Med, Portland, OR 97201 USA
Ali, S:
Univ Alberta, Fac Med & Dent, Women & Childrens Hlth Res Inst, Dept Pediat, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Thompson, GC:
Alberta Childrens Prov Gen Hosp, Pediat & Emergency Med, Calgary, AB, Canada
Univ Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Gaucher, N:
Univ Montreal, Pediat Emergency Med CHU St Justine, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Staubli, G:
Univ Childrens Hosp Zurich, Emergency Dept, Zurich, Switzerland
Bronze, Green Published
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