Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination in young children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination (time to vaccination and vaccination status) among healthy young children participating in primary healthcare.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted between November 2021 and September 2022 through the TARGet Kids! primary care research network in Toronto, Canada. Sociodemographic information, child and parent health characteristics, parental vaccine beliefs and child COVID-19 vaccine uptake were collected through parent-reported questionnaires. The primary outcome was time to child COVID-19 vaccination, measured as the time between vaccine availability date and parent-reported child COVID-19 vaccination date. Interval-censored proportional hazard models were used.

Results

A total of 267 children age 0 t

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868559 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature