Parental vaccine hesitancy and concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study assessed parental vaccine hesitancy in a metropolitan area of the United States. The study aimed to determine what characteristics and contributing factors influenced parental vaccine hesitancy and concerns regarding COVID-19.

Design and methods

An online survey was used to recruit 93 parents to answer demographic and vaccine hesitancy information. Vaccine hesitancy was measured using the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines survey. The study was conducted between June 2020 and September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

The rate of vaccine hesitancy was 15%. One hundred percent of vaccine hesitant parents were mothers, at least 30 years of age, married, and had completed at least some college. When characteristics of vaccine hesitant

SUBMITTER: Salazar TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature