Effect of information provision on parental intention toward COVID-19 vaccination for children: a nationwide survey experiment.

ABSTRACT: The reluctance of parents to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 was prevalent particularly when uncertainty over vaccination outcomes prevailed. We conducted a nationwide randomized online survey experiment to assess the effect of information provision on parental intention for COVID-19 vaccination before the government started vaccination for children in South Korea. Parents of elementary school children were provided with either no information (Control), information on vaccine profile (vaccine informed group; VI), or COVID-19 (disease informed group; DI). Among 359,110 participants, parental intention for vaccination of children was significantly higher in both VI and DI groups compared with the Control group. In terms of effect size, information on COVID-19 vaccine increased like

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10912657 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature