[Parental intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19].

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the start of the vaccination campaign, a new phase in the management of the coronavirus pandemic has begun. Approval and recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination of children followed gradually; to date (4 October 2022), vaccination for children under five years of age has not been approved in Germany.

Aim of the study

The aim was to investigate how parents' intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 developed from May 2020 to February 2021 (from the first to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic) and to analyse the determinants of the intention to vaccinate.

Methods

In May 2020, 612 families participating with their children aged 1.5-6 years in the KUNO Kids Health Study completed an online survey (participation rate 51%), and 507 complet

SUBMITTER: Brandstetter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645347 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature