Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Aug 30;11(8):361-370. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac049.
Little was known about US parental attitudes, beliefs, and intentions surrounding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines for children before their introduction.
An online cross-sectional nationally representative survey of US parents/guardians of children < 18 years old via Ipsos KnowledgePanel, fielded from October 26, 2021 to November 30, 2021.
Response rate was 64.2% (3230/5034). For children ages 0-4 years, 51.5% of parents were likely to have their children vaccinated, and for ages 5-11 and 12-17, 54.0% and 69.7% of parents, respectively, reported they were likely to vaccinate or had already vaccinated their children. Among respondents with unvaccinated children, 25.2% (ages 0-4) and 22.0% (ages 5-11) reported they would seek COVID-19 vaccination for their children as soon as authorization occurred. Factors associated with willingness to have children receive a COVID-19 vaccine were: belief in benefits of COVID-19 vaccination (odds ratio [OR] = 6.44, 5.68, 4.57 in ages 0-4, 5-11, and 12-17 respectively), acceptance of routine childhood vaccines (OR = 6.42, 5.48, 1.76), parental COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 1.85, 3.70, 6.16), perceptions that pediatric COVID-19 is severe (OR = 1.89, 1.72, 1.35), Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 2.07, 2.29, 2.60), influenza vaccine acceptance (OR = 1.07, 0.88, 1.62), presence of children of another age group in the household (OR = 0.71, 0.71, 0.65), and attitudinal barriers to COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 0.30, 0.26, 0.49).
Belief in the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and acceptance of routine childhood vaccines are the strongest predictors of intention to vaccinate children. Further research is needed to track how parental attitudes change as more data about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines become available and how intentions translate into pediatric vaccine uptake.
在儿童新冠疫苗推出之前，人们对美国父母在儿童新冠疫苗方面的态度、信念和意图知之甚少。
这是一项通过 Ipsos KnowledgePanel 在线进行的、针对美国<18 岁儿童父母/监护人的全国性代表性横断面调查，于 2021 年 10 月 26 日至 11 月 30 日进行。
回复率为 64.2%（3230/5034）。对于 0-4 岁的儿童，51.5%的父母可能会为孩子接种疫苗，而对于 5-11 岁和 12-17 岁的儿童，54.0%和 69.7%的父母表示他们可能会或已经为孩子接种了疫苗。在未接种疫苗的儿童中，25.2%（0-4 岁）和 22.0%（5-11 岁）的父母表示，一旦授权，他们将为孩子寻求 COVID-19 疫苗接种。愿意让孩子接种 COVID-19 疫苗的因素包括：相信 COVID-19 疫苗的益处（0-4 岁、5-11 岁和 12-17 岁的比值比[OR]分别为 6.44、5.68 和 4.57）、接受常规儿童疫苗（OR=6.42、5.48 和 1.76）、父母 COVID-19 疫苗接种（OR=1.85、3.70 和 6.16）、认为儿童 COVID-19 严重（OR=1.89、1.72 和 1.35）、西班牙裔（OR=2.07、2.29 和 2.60）、流感疫苗接种（OR=1.07、0.88 和 1.62）、家中有另一个年龄组的儿童（OR=0.71、0.71 和 0.65）和对 COVID-19 疫苗接种的态度障碍（OR=0.30、0.26 和 0.49）。
相信 COVID-19 疫苗的益处和接受常规儿童疫苗是计划为儿童接种疫苗的最强预测因素。随着更多关于儿童 COVID-19 疫苗的数据的出现，以及意愿如何转化为儿童疫苗接种率，需要进一步研究来跟踪父母态度的变化。
