Concordance, motivations and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccination among parent-child dyads: a cross-sectional study in Caraga Region, the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 vaccination rates remain low for children aged 11 and below, and understanding the extent to which parental decisions impact their children's vaccination status remains a challenge. This study aimed to explore the concordance and motivations for vaccination among parent-child dyads and determine the associated factors influencing their children's vaccination status.

Design

A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 March 2023 to 30 March 2023, recruiting parents from six representative primary schools across Butuan City, the Philippines. Pilot-tested, self-administered questionnaires were used during the face-to-face surveys with parent participants. To determine the associated factors of parental decisions to vaccinate their children, mixed-effects log

SUBMITTER: Herrera DJL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580318 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature