A socio-ecological perspective on parents' intentions to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaccinating children against COVID-19 protects children's health and can mitigate the spread of the virus to other community members.

Objective

The primary objective of this study was to use a socio-ecological perspective to identify multi-level factors associated with US parents' intention to vaccinate their children.

Methods

This study used a longitudinal online cohort. Multinomial logistic regression models assessed socio-ecological predictors of negative and uncertain child COVID-19 vaccination intentions compared to positive intentions.

Results

In June 2021, 297 parents were surveyed and 44% reported that they intended to vaccinate their children while 25% expressed uncertainty and 31% did not intend to vaccinate their children. The likelihood

SUBMITTER: Dayton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature