Expanded Program on Immunization, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Community Development, Great Lacs University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Dec 31;19(1):2179788. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2179788. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Parents are facing tremendous stress in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccination program for children. We aimed to investigate parents' willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in North Kivu province, (Democratic Republic of Congo). A cross-sectional survey between 1 December 2021 to 20 January 2022 in six health zones (Goma, Karisimbi, Butembo, Beni, Kamango, and Katwa) was conducted in the province of North Kivu. In each health zone, we selected five clusters (Health area) using the method of probabilistic selection proportional to population size. In total, 522 parents participated in our study. Results: Overall, 32.8% of parents intended to vaccinate their children. In the multivariate analysis, a younger age of parents (aOR: 2.40, CI: [1.50-3.83]), a higher level of fear that "a member of my family" could contract COVID-19 (aOR: 2.35, CI: [1.38-4.02]), a higher level of perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 within the family (aOR: 1.70, CI: [1.005-2.2881]), a higher level of perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 within the family (aOR: 3.07, CI: [1.80-5.23]), and a history of vaccination against COVID-19 among parents (aOR: 16.47, CI: [8.39-32.33]), were all significantly associated with the intention of parents to have their children or adolescents vaccinated. According to the different explanatory factors of the will to have their children vaccinated, an emphasis on the health education of parents who are prone to refusal or hesitation of the vaccine, by addressing the common reasons for the refusal of the vaccine and highlight the vaccine's benefits.
父母在应对 COVID-19 大流行和儿童 COVID-19 疫苗接种计划的有效性方面面临巨大压力。我们旨在调查北基伍省（刚果民主共和国）父母对为孩子接种 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿。2021 年 12 月 1 日至 2022 年 1 月 20 日期间在北基伍省的六个卫生区（戈马、卡里西米比、布滕博、贝尼、卡芒戈和卡塔瓦）进行了一项横断面调查。在每个卫生区，我们使用按人口规模成比例的概率选择方法选择了五个集群（卫生区）。共有 522 名父母参加了我们的研究。结果：总体而言，32.8%的父母打算为孩子接种疫苗。在多变量分析中，父母年龄较小（aOR：2.40，CI：[1.50-3.83]），担心“我的家庭成员”可能感染 COVID-19 的程度较高（aOR：2.35，CI：[1.38-4.02]），对家庭内 COVID-19 的易感性感知较高（aOR：1.70，CI：[1.005-2.2881]），对家庭内 COVID-19 的易感性感知较高（aOR：3.07，CI：[1.80-5.23]），以及父母接种过 COVID-19 疫苗（aOR：16.47，CI：[8.39-32.33]），这些都与父母让孩子或青少年接种疫苗的意愿显着相关。根据父母接种疫苗意愿的不同解释因素，应重点对那些容易拒绝或犹豫不决接种疫苗的父母进行健康教育，解决拒绝接种疫苗的常见原因，并强调疫苗的益处。
