College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Office of Community Health and Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Nov 30;18(5):2071078. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2071078. Epub 2022 May 4.
Vaccination is critical for protecting adults and children from COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death. Analyzing subsamples of parent/guardians of children age 0-11 (n = 343) and 12-17 (n = 322) from a larger national survey of US adults (n = 2,022), we aimed to assess intentions to vaccinate children and how intentions might vary across parent/guardian sociodemographic characteristics, healthcare coverage, vaccination status, political affiliation, prior COVID-19 infection, exposure to COVID-19 death(s) of family or friends, perceived norms of vaccination, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We also report the prevalence of vaccinated children for parents whose oldest child was eligible for vaccination at the time of the survey. More than one third of parents whose oldest child was not yet eligible for vaccination (11 or younger) planned to get them vaccinated right away when a vaccine became available to them. Among parents whose child was eligible to be vaccinated (age 12-17 years), approximately a third reported their child had already been vaccinated and approximately a third planned to do so right away. Intentions to vaccinate children age 0 to 11 were significantly associated with age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, COVID-19 vaccination, political affiliation, social norms, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Intentions to vaccinate children age 12 to 17 were significantly associated with age, education, healthcare coverage, COVID-19 vaccination, political affiliation, social norms, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We discuss implications for public health officials and for future research.
接种疫苗对于保护成人和儿童免受 COVID-19 感染、住院和死亡至关重要。我们分析了来自美国成年人（n=2022）更大规模全国调查中儿童（年龄 0-11 岁：n=343；年龄 12-17 岁：n=322）的父母/监护人的亚样本，旨在评估为儿童接种疫苗的意愿以及这些意愿如何因父母/监护人的社会人口特征、医疗保健覆盖范围、疫苗接种状况、政治派别、先前 COVID-19 感染、接触 COVID-19 死亡（家庭成员或朋友）、感知的疫苗接种规范以及 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫而有所不同。我们还报告了在调查时父母中年龄最大的孩子符合接种条件的情况下已为孩子接种疫苗的父母的比例。超过三分之一的父母表示，一旦有疫苗可供他们使用，他们将立即为尚未有资格接种疫苗（11 岁或以下）的孩子接种疫苗。在有资格接种疫苗（12-17 岁）的父母中，约有三分之一的人报告他们的孩子已经接种了疫苗，约有三分之一的人计划立即接种。为 0 至 11 岁儿童接种疫苗的意愿与年龄、性别、种族/族裔、教育程度、COVID-19 疫苗接种、政治派别、社会规范和 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫显著相关。为 12 至 17 岁儿童接种疫苗的意愿与年龄、教育程度、医疗保健覆盖范围、COVID-19 疫苗接种、政治派别、社会规范和 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫显著相关。我们讨论了这对公共卫生官员和未来研究的意义。
