Parents' Behaviors and Experiences Associated with Four Vaccination Behavior Groups for Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Increasing vaccine hesitancy and decreasing acceptance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommended schedule for childhood vaccines represent a crucial public health issue. The present study directly compares vaccine acceptance behavior across four different groups: those who are fully accepting of the CDC-recommended schedule, those who are accepting but on a delayed schedule, those who only partially vaccinate, and those who do not vaccinate at all.

Methods

A total of 779 adults residing in the United States with at least one child under the age of 18 years participated in an online survey.

Results

Logistic and Ordinary Least Squares regression analyses revealed clear differences between the vaccination behavior groups on a variet

SUBMITTER: Ellithorpe ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8736300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature