Dual decision-making routes for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines uptake in parents: A mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Parental decision-making for children's uptake of a relatively novel vaccine and a more common vaccine could involve different processes. This study aimed to compare the psychological processes and the relative importance of psychological factors influencing parental decision-making for children's seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) and COVID-19 vaccination.

Design and methods

We adopted mixed-methods approach. Study 1 was a qualitative study involving 29 parents to explore and compare their decision-making processes for children's SIV and COVID-19 vaccination. In Study 2, data from 632 parents were collected longitudinally; then, machine learning was used to quantify the relative importance of factors identified in Study 1 that were relevant to parents' decision-

SUBMITTER: Yuan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887008 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature