دورية أكاديمية
Assessment of caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
| العنوان: | Assessment of caregiver willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study |
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| المؤلفون: | Mohammed Samannodi, Hassan Alwafi, Abdallah Y. Naser, Renan Alabbasi, Nouf Alsahaf, Rawan Alosaimy, Faisal Minshawi, Mohammad Almatrafi, Rami Khalifa, Rakan Ekram, Emad Salawati |
| المصدر: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 17, Iss 12, Pp 4857-4864 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | covid-19, coronavirus, vaccine, child, parents, willingness, saudi arabia, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950 |
| الوصف: | Background Vaccination against COVID-19 is the key to controlling the pandemic. Parents are the decision makers in the case of children vaccination as they are responsible for them. This study aims to investigate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination for children among parents in Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional study used an online self-administered questionnaire. A 35-items questionnaire was distributed via social media platforms between June 6 and July 9–2021. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the participants’ characteristics. Categorical variables were reported as frequencies and percentages. Predictors of vaccination acceptance were identified using binary logistic regression. Results A total of 581 parents were involved in this study. A majority of parents 63.9% reported that they will vaccinate their children if the vaccine becomes available. Around 40% of them confirmed that they want their child to be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly a quarter, 23.9%, reported that they will vaccinate their child against influenza this year. The most commonly reported reason for hesitancy was poor awareness about the vaccine’s effectiveness on children. Adequate information about the COVID-19 vaccine was the most agreed cause to accept the vaccine. Having five or more children was a significant predictor for poor vaccination acceptance (OR: 0.42 (95%CI: 0.21–0.86), p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 21645515 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2164-5515; https://doaj.org/toc/2164-554X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2021.2004054 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ddbfc03dc91c4581b46ce8aada38d830 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.bfc03dc91c4581b46ce8aada38d830 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
PDF full text from Publisher | تدمد: | 21645515 2164554X |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2021.2004054 |