Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Decisional Conflict in Parents of 5-11-Year-Old Children in Australia: A Single Arm Pre-Post Study.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 vaccine uptake among 5-11-year-olds is significantly lower than that of the 12+ age group. Some parents may have decided against vaccinating their children for COVID-19; others may be undecided and may be seeking more information to support their decision. We aimed to assess the effect of a decision support tool on parents' level of decisional conflict, vaccine hesitancy, and intention to vaccinate. We conducted a single-arm, cross-sectional online pre-post intervention survey of parents from Victoria, Australia, who had not yet vaccinated their 5-11-year-old child for COVID-19. We measured change in decisional conflict, intention, and hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines for children before and after viewing a decision support tool. We used logistic regression to identify characte

SUBMITTER: Hilton Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature