Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factors Among Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs in the COVID-19 Era in China: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunization is a cost-effective way to prevent infectious diseases in children, but parental hesitancy leads to low vaccination rates, leaving children at risk. Caregivers of children with special health care needs are more hesitant about vaccines than those of healthy children.

Objective

The aim of the study is to investigate the changes in caregivers' vaccination hesitation of children with special health care needs before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in China and to identify associated factors for caregivers' attitudes toward National Immunization Program (NIP) and non-NIP vaccines.

Methods

We included 7770 caregivers of children with special health care needs (median age 7.0, IQR 2.4-24.1 months) who visited the Vaccination Consultation Cli

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964954 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature