Parents' acceptance attitudes towards the vaccination of children based on M-LSGDM approach in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Ensuring that children receive timely vaccinations is paramount for preventing infectious diseases, and parental attitude plays a pivotal role in this process. This study addresses this gap in the existing literature by examining parental attitudes towards vaccinating their children.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Methods

An online survey including parents' sociodemographic characteristics, risk perception and attitudes towards child vaccination towards COVID-19 was conducted. The modified large-scale group decision-making approach for practicality and binary logistic regression was used to identify the predictors influencing parents' decision-making.

Results

Of the 1292 parents participated, 957 (74.1%) were willing to vaccinate their children, whi

SUBMITTER: Cheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895212 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature