Willingness of Brazilian caregivers in having their children and adolescents vaccinated against Covid-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The vaccination of children and adolescents for the prevention of Covid-19 is important to:decrease in deaths and hospitalizations, prevent multisystem inflammatory syndrome, avoid long-term complications and decrease the suspension of on-site classes. Despite of these benefits, some studies have shown that some caregivers are still hesitancy.

Methods

This is a voluntary and anonymous online survey conducted from November 17 to December 14, 2021, in Brazil, through a free-of-charge platform with a link provided on social networks. A bivariate analysis was conducted with the independent variables, with vaccine hesitancy as the outcome variable, and a multivariate logistic model was used to calculated adjusted odds ratios.

Results

The sample included 15,297 r

SUBMITTER: Fernandes Nehab M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9731931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature