Understanding paediatric COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic: a prospective cohort and a population-based registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the early demonstrated safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in children, uptake was slow throughout the pandemic and remains low globally. Understanding vaccine refusal could provide insights to improving vaccine uptake in future pandemics.

Methods

In a population-wide registry of all COVID-19 paediatric vaccination appointments, we used interrupted time series analysis to evaluate the impact of public policies. In a population-based cohort of adults, we used population attributable fractions to assess the individual and joint contributions of potential determinants to paediatric COVID-19 vaccination, and used mediation analysis to identify modifiable mediators between political views and paediatric vaccination.

Findings

School vaccination

SUBMITTER: Ni Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701124 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature