Journal Article

Parental Perspectives on Immunizations: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy

Mack, Wendy J., Anand, Vikram, He, Kaidi, Neely, Michael, Lewis, Laura

2022

نظرة عامة

Childhood vaccine hesitancy has been studied extensively before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic presented new barriers to pediatric vaccinations. Furthermore, the development of COVID-19 vaccines has complicated factors underlying vaccine hesitancy. We performed a cross-sectional mobile phone-based survey at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles querying parents regarding perspectives on vaccines before and during the pandemic. Our primary aim was to understand the impact of the pandemic on routine childhood vaccine hesitancy. Secondarily, we examined intent to vaccinate, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and key contributing demographic factors. Among 252 participants, we found overall increased childhood vaccine hesitancy (p = 0.006), increased risk perception (p = 0.006), and unchanged vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased hesitancy did not translate into decreased intent to vaccinate with routine childhood vaccines or influenza vaccines. During the pandemic, households with higher income (50–99 K, > 100 K) correlated with decreased routine childhood vaccine hesitancy, while Hispanic ethnicity and African American race had increased risk perception. For COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, households with higher income (> 100 K) correlated with decreased hesitancy, while non-White ethnicity and race had increased risk perception. We found that routine childhood vaccine hesitancy increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to increased risk perception. Key contributing demographic factors behind both childhood vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy included household income and race. Understanding factors behind routine childhood vaccine hesitancy is crucial to maintaining pediatric vaccination rates and promoting vaccine confidence during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

• الناشر: Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
• موضوع: Child / Children / Community and Environmental Psychology / Coronaviruses / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Vaccines / Cross-Sectional Studies / Demographics / Ethics / Ethnicity / Health Promotion and Disease Prevention / Households / Humans / Immunization / Income / Influenza / Influenza Vaccines / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Minority & ethnic groups / Original Paper / Pandemics / Parents / Pediatrics / Perception / Public health / Race / Risk perception / SARS-CoV-2 / Vaccination / Vaccination Hesitancy / Vaccines